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3.L.5

Code Standard Coding: 
3.L.5
Code Standard standard: 

Demonstrate understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.

a. Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context (e.g., take steps).

b. Identify real-life connections between words and their uses (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful).

c. Distinguish shades of meaning among related words that describe states of mind or degrees of certainty (e.g., knew, believed, suspected, heard, and wondered).

Code Standard Cluster: 
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Code Standard Grade: 
3
Code Standard Strand ELA: 
Language
Is this Mathematics?: 
no
Is this ELA?: 
yes

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