Understanding vocabulary. Read and understand ninth and 10th grade vocabulary, and analyze the way an author’s use of language (including word choices and imagery) affects the meaning and tone ...

Get these kids a dictionary. More than half of the nation's fourth-graders don't know what the word "prestigious" means when they read it in a story. Same goes for the words "flourish," "barren ...

Understanding vocabulary. Read and understand ninth and 10th-grade vocabulary, and analyze the way an author’s use of language (including word choices and imagery) affects the meaning and tone ...