8.L.5

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

Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.

a. Interpret figures of speech (e.g. verbal irony, puns) in context.

b. Use the relationship between particular words to better understand each of the words.

c. Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., bullheaded, willful, firm, persistent, resolute).

Code Standard Cluster: 
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
Code Standard Grade: 
8
Code Standard Strand ELA: 
Language
Is this Mathematics?: 
no
Is this ELA?: 
yes