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Standard 3: Reading Applications: Informational, Technical, and Persuasive Text

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A.  Analyze structures of documents and critique them to determine       devices used by the writer to accomplish purpose and       effectiveness (e.g., essays).

2.   Analyze and critique organizational patterns and techniques,       including repetition of ideas, appeals to authority, reason and       emotion, syntax and word choice, that authors use to accomplish       their purpose and reach their intended audience.

7.   Analyze the structure and features of functional and workplace       documents, including format, sequence and headers, and how       authors use these features to achieve their purposes and to make       information accessible and usable.

8.   Critique functional and workplace documents (e.g., instructions,       technical manuals, travel schedules, business memoranda) for       sequencing of information and procedures, anticipation of       possible reader misunderstandings, and visual appeal.

 

B.  Recognize invalid reasoning in persuasive writing (e.g., essay).

1.   Analyze the rhetorical devices used in public documents,       including newspaper editorials and speeches.

4.   Distinguish between valid and invalid inferences and provide       evidence to support the findings, noting instances of

      unsupported inferences, fallacious reasoning, propaganda       techniques, bias and stereotyping.

 

C.  Critique the effectiveness and validity of arguments in text and       whether they achieve the author’s purpose.

6.   Evaluate the effectiveness and validity of arguments in public       documents and their appeal to various audiences.

 

D.  Synthesize the content from several sources on a single issue or       written by a single author, clarifying ideas and connecting them       to other sources and related topics through reading and note       taking.

3.   Analyze the content from several sources on a single issue,       clarifying ideas and connecting them to other sources and related       topics.

 

E.   Analyze an author’s implicit and explicit philosophical       assumptions and beliefs about a subject by analyzing word       choice, syntax allusion, etc.

5.   Examine an author’s implicit and explicit philosophical       assumptions and beliefs about a subject.

 

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