Grade 9 English Language Arts
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Take Free DiagnosticChapter 1: Active and passive voice
English Language Arts Grade 9: Active and passive voice
Chapter 2: Restrictive and nonrestrictive elements
English Language Arts Grade 9: Restrictive and nonrestrictive elements
Chapter 3: Verbs
English Language Arts Grade 9: Verbs
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Form the progressive verb tenses
Form the progressive verb tenses
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Form the perfect verb tenses
Form the perfect verb tenses
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Identify transitive and intransitive verbs
Identify transitive and intransitive verbs
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Identify linking verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns
Identify linking verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns
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Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense
Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense
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Chapter 4: Suffixes
English Language Arts Grade 9: Suffixes
Chapter 5: Figurative language
English Language Arts Grade 9: Figurative language
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Use personification
Use personification
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Interpret the meaning of allusions
Interpret the meaning of allusions
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Identify the source of allusions
Identify the source of allusions
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Interpret figures of speech
Interpret figures of speech
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Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox
Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox
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Classify figures of speech: review
Classify figures of speech: review
15 min
Chapter 6: Planning and organizing writing
English Language Arts Grade 9: Planning and organizing writing
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Order topics from broadest to narrowest
Order topics from broadest to narrowest
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Identify thesis statements
Identify thesis statements
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Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea
Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea
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Organize information by main idea
Organize information by main idea
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Chapter 7: Writing arguments
English Language Arts Grade 9: Writing arguments
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Distinguish facts from opinions
Distinguish facts from opinions
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Choose evidence to support a claim
Choose evidence to support a claim
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Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim
Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim
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Choose the most appropriate counterclaim for a given claim
Choose the most appropriate counterclaim for a given claim
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Identify supporting evidence in a text
Identify supporting evidence in a text
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Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims
Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims
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Chapter 8: Commas
English Language Arts Grade 9: Commas
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Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, interrupters, and antithetical phrases
Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, interrupters, a...
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Commas with series, dates, and places
Commas with series, dates, and places
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Commas with compound and complex sentences
Commas with compound and complex sentences
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Commas with coordinate adjectives
Commas with coordinate adjectives
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Commas: review
Commas: review
15 min
Chapter 9: Semicolons, colons, and commas
English Language Arts Grade 9: Semicolons, colons, and commas
Chapter 10: Apostrophes
English Language Arts Grade 9: Apostrophes
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Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns
Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns
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Identify and correct errors with compound and joint possession
Identify and correct errors with compound and joint possession
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Form and use the regular past tense
Form and use the regular past tense
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Chapter 11: Hyphens and dashes
English Language Arts Grade 9: Hyphens and dashes
Chapter 12: Quotations
English Language Arts Grade 9: Quotations
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Formatting quotations and dialogue
Formatting quotations and dialogue
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Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately
Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately
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Form and use the irregular past tense: Exercise 1
Form and use the irregular past tense: Exercise 1
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Form and use the irregular past tense: Exercise 2
Form and use the irregular past tense: Exercise 2
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Form and use the irregular past tense: Exercise 3
Form and use the irregular past tense: Exercise 3
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Form and use the irregular past tense: Exercise 4
Form and use the irregular past tense: Exercise 4
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Chapter 13: Capitalization
English Language Arts Grade 9: Capitalization
Chapter 14: Titles
English Language Arts Grade 9: Titles
Chapter 15: Sentence types
English Language Arts Grade 9: Sentence types
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Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?
Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?
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Choose between subject and object pronouns
Choose between subject and object pronouns
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Replace the singular noun with a pronoun
Replace the singular noun with a pronoun
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Replace the plural noun with a pronoun
Replace the plural noun with a pronoun
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Compound subjects and objects with "I" and "me"
Compound subjects and objects with "I" and "me"
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Choose the correct personal pronoun
Choose the correct personal pronoun
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Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence
Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence
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Chapter 16: Sentences, fragments, and run-ons
English Language Arts Grade 9: Sentences, fragments, and run-ons
Chapter 17: Phrases and clauses
English Language Arts Grade 9: Phrases and clauses
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Is it a phrase or a clause?
Is it a phrase or a clause?
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Identify prepositional phrases
Identify prepositional phrases
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Identify appositives and appositive phrases
Identify appositives and appositive phrases
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Combine sentences using relative clauses
Combine sentences using relative clauses
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Chapter 18: Verbals
English Language Arts Grade 9: Verbals
Chapter 19: Simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences
English Language Arts Grade 9: Simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences
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Identify dependent and independent clauses
Identify dependent and independent clauses
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Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex?
Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex?
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Identify the adjective that describes the noun
Identify the adjective that describes the noun
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Identify adjectives
Identify adjectives
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Chapter 20: Subject-verb agreement
English Language Arts Grade 9: Subject-verb agreement
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Identify and correct errors with subject-verb agreement
Identify and correct errors with subject-verb agreement
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Identify and correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement
Identify and correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement
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Identify and correct verb agreement with compound subjects
Identify and correct verb agreement with compound subjects
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Chapter 21: Nouns
English Language Arts Grade 9: Nouns
Chapter 22: Pronouns
English Language Arts Grade 9: Pronouns
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Identify and correct errors with subject and object pronouns
Identify and correct errors with subject and object pronouns
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Subject and object pronouns review
Subject and object pronouns review
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Pronouns after "than" and "as"
Pronouns after "than" and "as"
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Identify and correct pronoun errors with "who"
Identify and correct pronoun errors with "who"
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Use relative pronouns: who and whom
Use relative pronouns: who and whom
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Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that
Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that
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Identify vague pronoun references
Identify vague pronoun references
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Identify all of the possible antecedents
Identify all of the possible antecedents
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Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person
Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person
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Use possessive pronouns
Use possessive pronouns
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Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns
Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns
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Chapter 23: Adjectives and adverbs
English Language Arts Grade 9: Adjectives and adverbs
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Choose between adjectives and adverbs
Choose between adjectives and adverbs
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Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives
Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives
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Good, better, best, bad, worse, and worst
Good, better, best, bad, worse, and worst
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Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs
Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs
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Well, better, best, badly, worse, and worst
Well, better, best, badly, worse, and worst
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Use relative adverbs
Use relative adverbs
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Chapter 24: Writing clear and concise sentences
English Language Arts Grade 9: Writing clear and concise sentences
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Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
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Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons
Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons
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Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions
Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions
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Identify sentences with parallel structure
Identify sentences with parallel structure
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Use parallel structure
Use parallel structure
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Remove redundant words or phrases
Remove redundant words or phrases
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Misplaced modifiers with pictures
Misplaced modifiers with pictures
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Select the misplaced or dangling modifier
Select the misplaced or dangling modifier
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Are the modifiers used correctly?
Are the modifiers used correctly?
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Chapter 25: Word choice and usage
English Language Arts Grade 9: Word choice and usage
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Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence
Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence
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Use words accurately and precisely
Use words accurately and precisely
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Replace words using a thesaurus
Replace words using a thesaurus
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Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage
Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage
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Explore words with new or contested usages
Explore words with new or contested usages
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Chapter 26: Commonly misused words
English Language Arts Grade 9: Commonly misused words
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Correct errors in everyday use
Correct errors in everyday use
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Correct errors with signs
Correct errors with signs
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Use the correct frequently confused word
Use the correct frequently confused word
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Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words
Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words
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Identify and correct errors with frequently confused pronouns and contractions
Identify and correct errors with frequently confused pronouns and contractions
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Use the correct homophone
Use the correct homophone
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Identify and correct errors with homophones
Identify and correct errors with homophones
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Correct errors with commonly misspelled words
Correct errors with commonly misspelled words
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Chapter 27: Context clues
English Language Arts Grade 9: Context clues
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Use context to identify the meaning of a word
Use context to identify the meaning of a word
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Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context
Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context
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Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context
Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context
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Capitalization: review
Capitalization: review
15 min
Chapter 28: Etymologies and foreign expressions
English Language Arts Grade 9: Etymologies and foreign expressions
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Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words
Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words
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Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions
Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions
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Use the correct foreign expression
Use the correct foreign expression
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Commas: review
Commas: review
15 min
Chapter 29: Greek and Latin roots
English Language Arts Grade 9: Greek and Latin roots
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Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots
Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots
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Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
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Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
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Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
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Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
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Chapter 30: Point of view
English Language Arts Grade 9: Point of view
Chapter 31: Audience, purpose, and tone
English Language Arts Grade 9: Audience, purpose, and tone
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Identify audience and purpose
Identify audience and purpose
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Compare passages for tone
Compare passages for tone
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Compare passages for subjective and objective tone
Compare passages for subjective and objective tone
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Which text is most formal?
Which text is most formal?
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Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements
Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements
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Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing
Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing
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Chapter 32: Research writing
English Language Arts Grade 9: Research writing
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Identify plagiarism
Identify plagiarism
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Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 7th edition)
Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 7th edition)
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Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 7th edition)
Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 7th edition)
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Use in-text citations with MLA formatting
Use in-text citations with MLA formatting
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Chapter 33: Reference skills
English Language Arts Grade 9: Reference skills
Chapter 34: Related words
English Language Arts - Grade 2: Related words
Chapter 36: Homophones
English Language Arts - Grade 2: Homophones
Chapter 37: Compound words
English Language Arts - Grade 2: Compound words
Chapter 38: Prefixes and suffixes
English Language Arts - Grade 2: Prefixes and suffixes
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Identify base words, prefixes, and suffixes
Identify base words, prefixes, and suffixes
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Determine the meaning of a word with pre-, re-, or mis-
Determine the meaning of a word with pre-, re-, or mis-
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Use the prefixes pre-, re-, and mis-
Use the prefixes pre-, re-, and mis-
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Determine the meaning of a word with -ful or -less
Determine the meaning of a word with -ful or -less
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Prefixes and suffixes: review
Prefixes and suffixes: review
15 min
Chapter 39: Alphabetical order
English Language Arts - Grade 2: Alphabetical order
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Order alphabetically based on the first letter
Order alphabetically based on the first letter
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Order alphabetically based on the first two letters
Order alphabetically based on the first two letters
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Order alphabetically based on the first three letters
Order alphabetically based on the first three letters
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Chapter 40: Dictionary skills
English Language Arts - Grade 2: Dictionary skills
Chapter 100: Additional Topics
Additional ELA topics
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Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements
Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements
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Identify appeals to ethos pathos and logos in advertisements
Identify appeals to ethos pathos and logos in advertisements
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Explore words with new or contested usages
Explore words with new or contested usages
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Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing
Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing
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Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim
Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim
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Classify the figure of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox
Classify the figure of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox
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Identify infinitives and infinitive phrases
Identify infinitives and infinitive phrases
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