Grade 9 ELA Worksheets

Learning Objectives

• Understand the meaning of common idiomatic expressions within their textual context.
• Interpret figurative language such as irony, exaggeration, and personification.
• Connect figurative phrases to the overall message or theme of a text.

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• Distinguish literal meaning from figurative meaning in grade-level texts
• Infer the meaning of figurative phrases using surrounding context and the author’s purpose
• Recognize how techniques such as irony, exaggeration, and personification shape interpretation+ Show more

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• Analyze how conflicting motivations shape a character’s choices and reveal tension in a narrative.
• Identify how dialogue, emotional reactions, and tone changes contribute to shifting purpose.
• Use textual evidence to explain how pressure exposes deeper values.

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• Identify and analyze conflicting motivations in characters.
• Understand how dialogue, tone, and emotional reactions reveal character traits.
• Develop critical thinking by examining how conflicts influence story outcomes.

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• Determine the figurative meaning of common expressions by using surrounding context rather than literal definitions.
• Explain how author’s intent and tone influence the interpretation of phrases that include irony, exaggeration, or personification.
• Connect figurative language to a text’s overall message to support a clear claim about meaning.

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• Explain how figurative language creates meanings that go beyond literal definitions.
• Use textual context to infer the intended meaning of figurative phrases.
• Recognize techniques such as irony, exaggeration, and personification and describe their effects.+ Show more

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• Explain why figurative language requires interpretation beyond literal word definitions.
• Identify common figurative devices (idioms, metaphors, similes, irony, exaggeration, personification) and describe their effects.
• Use context and author’s intent to determine the meaning of a figurative phrase in a passage.

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• Analyze how conflicting motivations shape a character’s decisions and reveal deeper purpose.
• Use textual evidence from dialogue, tone, and emotional reactions to track shifts in motivation.
• Evaluate how pressure changes what a character chooses to protect or pursue.

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• Analyze how conflicting motivations shape a character’s choices and reveal underlying purpose
• Identify how dialogue details, emotional reactions, and shifts in tone signal changes in motivation
• Support claims with textual evidence from a passage

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• Identify how an author connects ideas using logical ordering and transitions
• Recognize common organizational patterns such as compare/contrast, cause/effect, and problem/solution
• Explain how a text’s structure helps meaning build step by step

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• Identify a speaker’s claim and distinguish it from supporting reasons.
• Evaluate whether evidence is relevant and sufficient to support a conclusion.
• Analyze how well a conclusion follows from given data, including potential counterclaims.+ Show more

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• Use discipline-specific vocabulary accurately in writing and discussions.
• Distinguish between closely related domain terms to avoid conceptual confusion.
• Identify how context and nearby text signal definitions and clarify technical meaning.

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• Identify how an author uses logical ordering and transitions to connect ideas.
• Explain relationships between ideas using signals like cause-effect, comparison, and problem-solution.
• Analyze how structure helps meaning unfold step by step in explanatory and argumentative writing.

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• Identify how sentence structure affects clarity
• Recognize modifiers and their placement in sentences
• Analyze how syntax influences the focus and meaning+ Show more

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• Identify supporting evidence in arguments
• Evaluate the relevance and sufficiency of claims and evidence
• Analyze how reasoning functions in a speaker's argument+ Show more

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• Explain how domain terminology carries technical meaning in subject-specific writing.
• Distinguish closely related terms and avoid misuse that changes the concept.
• Use surrounding text to define, clarify, and maintain consistent vocabulary across explanations.

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• Define key discipline-specific vocabulary used in academic writing
• Identify correct usages of technical terms within context
• Differentiate between closely related terms to avoid misconceptions+ Show more

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• Explain how domain terminology carries technical meaning in subject-specific writing.
• Distinguish closely related terms and use each term in the correct context.
• Revise writing to prevent vocabulary misuse that changes or blurs a concept.+ Show more

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• Identify how specific textual details (quotations, paraphrases, and references) strengthen a claim
• Distinguish between general impressions and evidence-based reasoning using exact words and context
• Explain how textual evidence functions within a scene’s conflict, characterization, or argument

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• Analyze how syntax, sentence boundaries, and punctuation choices affect sentence meaning
• Revise multi-clause sentences to reduce ambiguity and unintended shifts in focus
• Use parallel structure and intentional placement of modifying phrases and clauses to clarify relationships among ideas+ Show more

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• Identify cause-and-effect relationships in a reading passage.
• Understand how authors use cause-effect structure to develop ideas.
• Apply knowledge by analyzing questions about cause and effect.

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• Identify and explain how specific textual details (quotations, paraphrases, and references) support a claim.
• Distinguish between general impressions and evidence that accurately matches the reasoning in a text.
• Use close reading to connect evidence to its effect on characters, plot, or arguments within a scene.+ Show more

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• Use close reading to identify claims and select the strongest textual evidence that matches the claim.
• Evaluate quotations, paraphrases, and specific references (plot, setting, dialogue) for accuracy and relevance.
• Explain how evidence supports reasoning by describing the effect of exact wording in a scene.

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• Identify how authors organize a sequence of ideas to build a coherent whole
• Use transitions and relationships (comparison/contrast, cause-effect, problem-solution) to explain how ideas connect
• Revise or respond to writing by improving logical ordering and clarity of connections between sentences and paragraphs

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• Understand key concepts related to ELA
• Apply knowledge through practice questions
• Demonstrate comprehension of the material

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• Analyze how a speaker’s claim is supported (or not supported) by evidence and reasoning
• Evaluate relevance and sufficiency of evidence when assessing argumentative claims
• Distinguish strong justification from rhetorical persuasion by checking whether conclusions follow from data+ Show more

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• Identify how an author uses logical ordering and transitions to connect ideas in an explanatory or argumentative text.
• Recognize common relationship structures (comparison, contrast, cause-effect, problem-solution) and match them to textual evidence.
• Explain how individual sentences and paragraphs build meaning step by step rather than presenting disconnected facts.

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• Analyze how sentence boundaries, modifiers, and clause placement affect meaning in complex sentences.
• Revise sentences to reduce ambiguity by improving clarity of who/what modifies whom/what.
• Use parallel structure and intentional punctuation to strengthen clarity and evidence-based reasoning.

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• Identify strong textual evidence by using specific details (exact quotations, paraphrases, and precise references).
• Explain how evidence supports a claim by describing the effect of wording in a scene’s reasoning and conflict.
• Differentiate between general impressions and evidence-based reasoning.

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• Analyze how syntax and sentence boundaries affect meaning in multi-clause sentences
• Revise sentences to improve clarity by using parallel structure and intentional placement of modifying phrases
• Identify and correct ambiguous references and cause-effect confusion caused by unclear clause relationships

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• Evaluate a speaker’s claim by checking whether the evidence is relevant and sufficient.
• Analyze whether the reasoning connects evidence to the claim using clear warrant and logical links.
• Identify misleading emphasis, unsupported leaps, and statements that do not follow from provided data.+ Show more

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• Explain how connotation, intensity, and implication change a word’s meaning beyond its dictionary definition.
• Choose between near-synonyms by matching the tone and strength of meaning to a specific purpose.
• Identify how multiple meanings affect diction when speaking or writing about a topic.+ Show more

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• Explain how a central idea emerges across multiple paragraphs rather than appearing in a single sentence
• Use evidence from different parts of a text to describe how the central idea develops over time
• Identify how definitions, examples, counterpoints, and cause-and-effect relationships strengthen or complicate a central idea+ Show more

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• Explain how connotation adds nuance beyond a word’s dictionary definition.
• Compare near-synonyms by considering intensity, implication, and tone.
• Select words carefully when a sentence’s topic or purpose requires specific diction.

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• Explain how a central idea emerges across paragraphs rather than appearing all at once.
• Identify how authors strengthen or complicate a central idea using details such as definitions, examples, counterpoints, and cause-and-effect.
• Use evidence from specific paragraphs to support a refined central-idea statement.

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• Identify how the introductory paragraph presents and supports the central idea.
• Recognize textual clues that introduce the main point of the passage.
• Analyze how the beginning of a text influences your understanding of its central message.

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• Identify how a central idea develops over the course of an informational text.
• Explain how specific details (examples, definitions, counterpoints, and cause-and-effect) refine or complicate understanding.
• Use textual evidence to describe when an idea is introduced, strengthened, or challenged.+ Show more

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• Explain how a central idea develops across multiple paragraphs instead of appearing all at once.
• Identify how specific details (definitions, counterpoints, examples, and cause-and-effect) refine a reader’s understanding.
• Use evidence from different parts of an informational nonfiction text to describe how the author builds meaning over time.

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• Analyze how word choice affects connotation, intensity, and implication in academic writing.
• Differentiate between near-synonyms by identifying subtle shades of meaning and tone.
• Select words that match a specific topic and purpose to communicate strength and attitude precisely.

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• Explain how connotation, intensity, and implication change a word’s meaning beyond its literal definition.
• Choose among near-synonyms by matching shades of meaning and tone to a specific purpose.
• Analyze how word relationships and context affect diction and the overall strength of a statement.

Learning Objectives

• Understand key concepts related to ELA
• Apply knowledge through practice questions
• Demonstrate comprehension of the material

Learning Objectives

• Identify a writer’s claim and distinguish it from supporting evidence.
• Evaluate whether evidence is relevant and sufficient to support a conclusion.
• Analyze how reasoning connects evidence to a conclusion and separates justification from mere assertion.+ Show more

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• Identify the key features of organized explanatory writing, including a clear topic/thesis statement and intentional sequencing
• Use transitions and structural devices (e.g., headings, formatting) to connect ideas logically
• Recognize and explain cause-and-effect relationships within an explanatory text+ Show more

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• Identify how credible sources and relevant evidence support a clear thesis in a research synthesis.
• Distinguish summary, paraphrase, and direct quotation and use each appropriately to preserve accuracy and attribution.
• Organize notes and evidence so claims are supported logically and avoid unsupported generalizations.+ Show more

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• Revise a draft by improving word choice for precision and reducing repetition.
• Apply sentence-level editing strategies to fix run-ons, fragments, and unclear references.
• Check consistency in tense and improve clarity and coherence using effective conclusion support.

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• Understand and apply rules of proper noun capitalization.
• Identify correct use of capitalization in titles and headings.
• Recognize errors in capitalization and correct them.+ Show more

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• Explain how informational writing uses intentional structure to develop a central idea
• Identify and analyze transitions, headings, and organizational patterns such as cause-and-effect and problem-to-solution
• Use clear sequencing and concluding summaries to show how details work together+ Show more

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• Identify how explanatory writing uses purposeful structure to clarify a complex idea
• Use transitions and headings to connect sections and show relationships between ideas
• Apply strategies such as cause-and-effect, comparison, and problem-to-solution organization+ Show more