Standard #: LA.5.1.6.9 (Archived Standard)

Test Item Specifications

Item Type(s): This benchmark may be assessed using: MC item(s)
Also assesses LA.5.1.6.6 The student will identify shades of meaning in related words (e.g., blaring, loud).


Clarification :
The student will analyze words that have multiple meanings and determine the correct meanings of the words as used in the text. 
For shades of meaning, the student will analyze the word or phrase to determine small, subtle differences in meaning between related words (e.g., glance, glare, and peek all refer to the concept of looking, but each word has a different meaning or connotation).
Content Limits :
Grade-level appropriate texts should be used to assess words with multiple meanings or shades of meaning. 
The words should be assessed using words at or below grade level. 
Excerpted text must contain clear and sufficient context for determining the meaning of the assessed word.
Content Focus :
Multiple Meanings
Analyze Words in Text
Shades of Meaning
Text Attributes :
Texts should be literary or informational.

Other stimuli may include, but are not limited to, illustrations with captions, graphics, and charts.

Texts must contain words with multiple meanings, or shades of meaning, and must provide clear and sufficient information or context for the student to determine the correct meaning.
Distractor Attributes :
Distractors may include, but are not limited to

• correct meanings of the assessed word but inappropriate to the text;
• meanings drawn from the text but unrelated to the meaning of the assessed word or question;
• incorrect connotation of a word based on the use of the word in the text (use only to assess shades of meaning);
• words constructed similarly to the correct response (e.g., same affix); and
• plausible but incorrect distractors based on the text.

Sample Test Items (3)