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Reading and Vocabulary

Virginia SOL 11.RV.1

Develop and use general academic and content-specific vocabulary through reading, discussing, and writing.

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What students need to be able to do

  • Develop and accurately use general academic and content-specific vocabulary.
  • Use context and sentence structure to clarify the meanings of words and phrases.
  • Use structural analysis of roots, affixes, and etymology to understand unfamiliar words.
  • Analyze nuances in the meaning of words with similar denotations.
  • Explain and analyze idiomatic language in context.
  • Explain the meaning of figurative language and literary and classical allusions.
  • Analyze the role of figurative language and allusions in texts.
  • Use newly learned words and phrases in multiple contexts.