Mississippi College & Career Readiness Standards
MS.L.6. Language
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
L.6.4. Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple‐meaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
L.6.4a. Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word’s position or function in a sentence ) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
L.6.4d. Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary).