What does examine mean?

• to inspect in detail to determine meaning

• an idea formed by combining textual evidence and one’s own reasoning and background knowledge

• details from the text that a reader can use to support his or her ideas and opinions about the text

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CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

What is an inference?

• details from the text that a reader can use to support his or her ideas and opinions about the text

• details from the text that a reader can use to support his or her ideas and opinions about the text

• to inspect in detail to determine meaning

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

What is textual evidence?

• to inspect in detail to determine meaning

• an idea formed by combining textual evidence and one’s own reasoning and background knowledge

• details from the text that a reader can use to support his or her ideas and opinions about the text

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

What is context?

• the events, situations, or language that surround a particular word, phrase or piece of text that help explain its meaning

• expressions used for descriptive or rhetorical effect that are not literally true but that express some truth beyond the literal level

• a word or phrase not meant to be taken literally, but rather used for effect

• a figure of speech that compares two seemingly unlike things but implies a comparison instead of stating it directly with the word like or as

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CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is figurative language?

• expressions used for descriptive or rhetorical effect that are not literally true but that express some truth beyond the literal level

• the events, situations, or language that surround a particular word, phrase or piece of text that help explain its meaning

• a figure of speech in which an animal, an object, a force of nature, or an idea is given human form or qualities

• a figure of speech that uses the word like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is a figure of speech?

• a word or phrase not meant to be taken literally, but rather used for effect

• a figure of speech that compares two seemingly unlike things but implies a comparison instead of stating it directly with the word like or as

• a figure of speech in which an animal, an object, a force of nature, or an idea is given human form or qualities

• a figure of speech that uses the word like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is a metaphor?

• a figure of speech that uses the word like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things

• expressions used for descriptive or rhetorical effect that are not literally true but that express some truth beyond the literal level

• a figure of speech that compares two seemingly unlike things but implies a comparison instead of stating it directly with the word like or as

• a figure of speech in which an animal, an object, a force of nature, or an idea is given human form or qualities

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CCSS.L.4.5A

CCSS.L.5.5A

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

What is personification?

• a figure of speech in which an animal, an object, a force of nature, or an idea is given human form or qualities

• a figure of speech that compares two seemingly unlike things but implies a comparison instead of stating it directly with the word like or as

• a figure of speech that uses the word like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things

• a word or phrase not meant to be taken literally, but rather used for effect

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CCSS.L.6.5A

What is a simile?

• a word or phrase not meant to be taken literally, but rather used for effect

• a figure of speech that compares two seemingly unlike things but implies a comparison instead of stating it directly with the word like or as

• a figure of speech in which an animal, an object, a force of nature, or an idea is given human form or qualities

• a figure of speech that uses the word like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

What is authority?

• a figure of speech that uses the word like or as to compare two seemingly unlike things

• the power or right to give orders or make decisions; the power to be in charge

• clearly defined and accurate

• an area of knowledge to study

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9