Common Core · English Language Arts
L.5.5a
Grade 5 · Language
Interpret figurative language, including similes and metaphors, in context.
- Official code
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.5.5a
- Short code
- L.5.5a
- Subject
- English Language Arts
- Grade
- Grade 5
- Domain
- Language
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