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SHSAT English Language Arts lessons

3 sections · 69 skills · work through the full outline skill by skill — read the long-form lesson or flip through the slide-style version.
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SHSAT English Language Arts

Practice 69 skills across this outline.

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Author's Purpose
ELA: Reading Comprehension · Author's Purpose and Point of View
Long-form lesson
Weighting distribution
25 categories
ELA: Revising and Editing — Part A · Paragraph Structure
8%
ELA: Reading Comprehension · Text Structure and Organization
7%
ELA: Revising and Editing — Part A · Main Claim and Focus
7%
ELA: Revising and Editing — Part B · Capitalization
6%
ELA: Revising and Editing — Part B · Combining and Revising Sentences
6%
ELA: Reading Comprehension · Figurative Language and Literary Devices
5%

Skills

The comprehensive taxonomy of shsat english language arts — drill into a card to work its skills.

ELA: Reading Comprehension · Author's Purpose and Point of View

4 core skills1% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Author's PurposeRecommended
Long-form
2
Main Reason for WritingAvailable
Long-form
3
Narrator's Point of ViewAvailable
Long-form
4
Point of View and InformationAvailable
Long-form

ELA: Reading Comprehension · Tone and Mood

4 core skills4% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Identifying MoodAvailable
Long-form
2
Author's AttitudeAvailable
Long-form
3
Details That Create MoodAvailable
Long-form
4
Tone From Word ChoiceAvailable
Long-form

ELA: Reading Comprehension · Inference and Implicit Meaning

4 core skills4% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Author's Implied MessageAvailable
Long-form
2
Details That Support InferencesAvailable
Long-form
3
Drawing Supported ConclusionsAvailable
Long-form
4
Inferring Character MotivationAvailable
Long-form

ELA: Reading Comprehension · Vocabulary in Context

4 core skills4% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Best-Fit DefinitionAvailable
Long-form
2
Figurative Phrase MeaningAvailable
Long-form
3
Interpreting Nonliteral LanguageAvailable
Long-form
4
Vocabulary From Context CluesAvailable
Long-form

ELA: Reading Comprehension · Key Details and Text Evidence

4 core skills3% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Best Supporting EvidenceAvailable
Long-form
2
Eliminating Unsupported ChoicesAvailable
Long-form
3
Explicit Detail RetrievalAvailable
Long-form
4
Locating Answer SentencesAvailable
Long-form

ELA: Reading Comprehension · Central Idea and Summary

5 core skills4% total weight
0/5 completed
5 skills to mastery
1
Best Summary SelectionAvailable
Long-form
2
Central Idea DevelopmentAvailable
Long-form
3
Central Idea of Informational TextAvailable
Long-form
4
Details Supporting Central IdeaAvailable
Long-form
5
Theme of Literary TextAvailable
Long-form

ELA: Reading Comprehension · Comparing Ideas Across Text

4 core skills1% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Comparing Paired PassagesAvailable
Long-form
2
Multi-Detail SupportAvailable
Long-form
3
Similarities and DifferencesAvailable
Long-form
4
Synthesizing Text InformationAvailable
Long-form

ELA: Reading Comprehension · Text Structure and Organization

4 core skills7% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Details Supporting StructureAvailable
Long-form
2
Identifying Idea ShiftsAvailable
Long-form
3
Paragraph FunctionAvailable
Long-form
4
Text Organization PatternsAvailable
Long-form

ELA: Reading Comprehension · Figurative Language and Literary Devices

4 core skills5% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Identifying Figurative LanguageAvailable
Long-form
2
Imagery and ToneAvailable
Long-form
3
Meaning of Figurative PhrasesAvailable
Long-form
4
Symbol InterpretationAvailable
Long-form

ELA: Revising and Editing — Part B · Capitalization

2 core skills6% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
Correcting CapitalizationAvailable
Long-form
2
Capitalization RulesAvailable
Long-form

ELA: Revising and Editing — Part B · Punctuation Usage

2 core skills2% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
Comma UsageAvailable
Long-form
2
Apostrophe UsageAvailable
Long-form

ELA: Revising and Editing — Part B · Combining and Revising Sentences

2 core skills6% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
Combining Without Changing MeaningAvailable
Long-form
2
Removing RedundancyAvailable
Long-form

ELA: Revising and Editing — Part B · Word Choice and Usage

2 core skills5% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
Commonly Confused WordsAvailable
Long-form
2
Precise and Formal DictionAvailable
Long-form

ELA: Revising and Editing — Part B · Modifiers and Parallelism

2 core skills2% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
Misplaced ModifiersAvailable
Long-form
2
Parallel StructureAvailable
Long-form

ELA: Revising and Editing — Part B · Pronoun Usage

2 core skills4% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
Pronoun Reference ClarityAvailable
Long-form
2
Pronoun AgreementAvailable
Long-form

ELA: Revising and Editing — Part B · Sentence Structure and Syntax

2 core skills4% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
Run-Ons and Comma SplicesAvailable
Long-form
2
Sentence CombiningAvailable
Long-form

ELA: Revising and Editing — Part B · Verb Tense and Agreement

2 core skills5% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
Subject-Verb AgreementAvailable
Long-form
2
Verb Tense ConsistencyAvailable
Long-form

ELA: Revising and Editing — Part A · Introductions and Conclusions

2 core skills3% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
Best Opening SentenceAvailable
Long-form
2
Best Concluding SentenceAvailable
Long-form

ELA: Revising and Editing — Part A · Paragraph Structure

2 core skills8% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
Best Topic SentenceAvailable
Long-form
2
Identifying Off-Topic SentencesAvailable
Long-form

ELA: Revising and Editing — Part A · Precision and Clarity of Language

2 core skills3% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
Clearest Sentence RevisionAvailable
Long-form
2
Precise Word ChoiceAvailable
Long-form

ELA: Revising and Editing — Part A · Counterclaims and Refutation

2 core skills3% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
Identifying CounterclaimsAvailable
Long-form
2
Refuting a CounterclaimAvailable
Long-form

ELA: Revising and Editing — Part A · Main Claim and Focus

2 core skills7% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
Identifying the Main ClaimAvailable
Long-form
2
Removing Off-Topic SentencesAvailable
Long-form

ELA: Revising and Editing — Part A · Logical Organization

2 core skills3% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
Paragraph and Sentence OrderAvailable
Long-form
2
Sentence PlacementAvailable
Long-form

ELA: Revising and Editing — Part A · Transitions and Coherence

2 core skills3% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
Reordering for CoherenceAvailable
Long-form
2
Transition Words and PhrasesAvailable
Long-form

ELA: Revising and Editing — Part A · Supporting Details and Evidence

2 core skills3% total weight
0/2 completed
2 skills to mastery
1
Sentences Needing EvidenceAvailable
Long-form
2
Supporting a ClaimAvailable
Long-form