Access Point #: LAFS.6.RI.2.AP.4aArchived Access Point

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Identify phrases with figurative language.
Clarifications:

Essential Understandings

  • Define various types of figurative language.
  • Identify the meaning of a simile from a sentence.
  • Identify the meaning of a metaphor from a sentence.
  • Sort a group of sentences into three groups – similes, metaphors and literal (not a simile or a metaphor).
  • Identify the meaning of an idiom or proverb. [e.g., She is pulling my leg. (idiom) Ignorance is bliss. (proverb)].
General Information
Number: LAFS.6.RI.2.AP.4a
Category: Access Points
Date Adopted or Revised: 06/14
Cluster: Craft and Structure

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1000000: M/J Intensive Language Arts (MC)
1000010: M/J Intensive Reading 1
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1001010: M/J Language Arts 1
1001020: M/J Language Arts 1 Advanced
1002000: M/J Language Arts 1 Through ESOL
1002180: M/J English Language Development (MC)
1008010: M/J Reading 1
1008020: M/J Reading 1, Advanced
1100000: M/J Library Skills/Information Literacy (MC)
7810011: Access M/J Language Arts 1 
1002181: M/J Developmental Language Arts Through ESOL (Reading)
1400025: M/J Peers as Partners in Learning

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