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Analogies and Nuanced Meanings

8th Grade · English · Easy · about 10 minutes

L.8.5b | Analogies and Nuanced Meanings - Easy level

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Standards referenced

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.8.5 — Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.8.2 — Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, set

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