Common Core · English Language Arts
L.7.5a
Grade 7 · Language
Interpret figures of speech (e.g., literary, biblical, and mythological allusions) in context.
- Official code
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.7.5a
- Short code
- L.7.5a
- Subject
- English Language Arts
- Grade
- Grade 7
- Domain
- Language
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