Virginia SOL 9.RV.1

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 literal and figurative meanings of words and phrases.
• Use structural analysis of roots, affixes, and etymology to explain the meanings of unfamiliar and complex words.
• Discriminate between connotative and denotative meanings and interpret connotations.
• Identify and explain idiomatic language in context.
• Explain the meaning of literary and classical allusions and figurative language in context.
• Analyze the roles of allusions and figurative language in texts.
• Use newly learned words and phrases in multiple contexts, including discussions and writing.