Georgia standard · English Language Arts

`4.T.SS.2`Craft & Language in Texts

Use language to interpret meaning and craft engaging texts.

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Expectations

4.T.SS.2.a
Identify and explain how figurative language, such as hyperboles and personification, shapes how ideas and information in texts are understood. (I)
4.T.SS.2.b
Use figurative language for intentional effects when expressing ideas or conveying information. (C)
4.T.SS.2.c
This progression begins in 6th grade.

English Language Arts Grade 4 (EOG) · Texts — Constructing Texts
Structure & Style Students build and apply knowledge about language and organizational structures and elements used to convey and arrange ideas and information in texts.
about 10% of the test · 6 points These points are shared with other standards, so count them once and never add them up per standard.
English Language Arts Grade 4 (EOG) · Texts — Interpreting Texts
Structure & Style Students build and apply knowledge about language and organizational structures and elements used to convey and arrange ideas and information in texts.
about 10% of the test · 6 points These points are shared with other standards, so count them once and never add them up per standard.

Georgia's Achievement Level Descriptors. The levels are cumulative: each includes the ones before it. Proficient is on grade level.

Beginning: Identify figurative language in a text.
Developing: Describe the meaning of the figurative language used in a text. Use figurative language for intentional effect(s) within a sentence.
Proficient: Identify and explain how one example of figurative language used in a text shapes how ideas and information are understood. Use figurative language for intentional effects when expressing ideas or conveying information within a section of text.
Distinguished: Identify and explain how the use of more than one example of figurative language in a text shapes how the ideas and information are understood. Use figurative language for intentional effects when expressing ideas or conveying information throughout a text.

Kindergarten · K.T.SS.2
Craft Identify and use descriptive and engaging language.
Grade 1 · 1.T.SS.2
Craft Identify and use descriptive and engaging language.
Grade 2 · 2.T.SS.2
Craft Identify and use descriptive and engaging language.
Grade 3 · 3.T.SS.2
Craft Use language to interpret meaning and craft engaging texts.
Grade 4 · 4.T.SS.2 (this standard)
Craft Use language to interpret meaning and craft engaging texts.
Grade 5 · 5.T.SS.2
Craft Use language to interpret meaning and craft engaging texts.
Grade 6 · 6.T.SS.2
Craft Interpret and use language to craft engaging texts.
Grade 7 · 7.T.SS.2
Craft Interpret and use language to craft engaging texts.
Grade 8 · 8.T.SS.2
Craft Interpret and use language to craft engaging texts.
Grade 9 · 9.T.SS.2
Craft Analyze, evaluate, and craft language to produce intended effects in a wide variety of texts.
Grade 10 · 10.T.SS.2
Craft Analyze, evaluate, and craft language to produce intended effects in a wide variety of texts.
Grade 11 · 11.T.SS.2
Craft Analyze, evaluate, and craft language to produce intended effects in a wide variety of texts.
Grade 12 · 12.T.SS.2
Craft Analyze, evaluate, and craft language to produce intended effects in a wide variety of texts.