---
title: "5.T.SS.2: Language Craft in Texts (Georgia English Language Arts standard)"
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# 5.T.SS.2: Language Craft in Texts

Use language to interpret meaning and craft engaging texts.

- Subject: English Language Arts
- Appears in: Grade 5, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/ela/grade-5.md

## Expectations

- **5.T.SS.2.a**: Describe the impact of the use of figurative language such as similes, metaphors, idioms, hyperboles, and personification in response to audience and purpose, in various modes and genres. (I)
- **5.T.SS.2.b**: Use figurative language for intentional effects when expressing ideas or conveying information. (C)
- **5.T.SS.2.c**: This progression begins in 6th grade.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

- English Language Arts Grade 5 (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; shared with other standards, so count these points once and never add them up per standard)
- English Language Arts Grade 5 (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; shared with other standards, so count these points once and never add them up per standard)

## What mastery looks like

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 various modes and/or genres.
- **Developing**: Describe the meaning of figurative language used in various modes or genres. Use figurative language for intentional effect(s).
- **Proficient**: Describe the impact of the use of figurative language in response to the audience and purpose, in various modes and genres. Use figurative language for intentional effects when expressing ideas or conveying information within a section of text.
- **Distinguished**: Describe the impact of the use of figurative language in response to the audience and purpose, in various modes and genres, and support the description with evidence. Use figurative language for intentional effects when expressing ideas or conveying information throughout a text.

## The same standard across grades

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

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.