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Analyze how figurative language contributes to tone and meaning and explain examples of allusions in text(s).
Standard #: ELA.7.R.3.1
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Standard Clarifications
Clarification 1: Figurative language use that students will analyze are metaphor, simile, alliteration, onomatopoeia, personification, hyperbole, allusion, and idiom. Other examples can be used in instruction.

Clarification 2: See Secondary Figurative Language.

General Information
Subject Area: English Language Arts (B.E.S.T.)
Grade: 7
Strand: Reading
Standard: Reading Across Genres
Date Adopted or Revised: 08/20
Status: State Board Approved
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  • ELA.7.R.3.AP.1 # Explain how figurative language contributes to tone and meaning of text(s).
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