Common Core · English Language Arts
L.9-10.5a
9-10 · Language
Interpret figures of speech (e.g., euphemism, oxymoron) in context and analyze their role in the text.
- Official code
- CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.5a
- Short code
- L.9-10.5a
- Subject
- English Language Arts
- Grade
- 9-10
- Domain
- Language
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