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HomeLanguage Arts - Grade 12 (Elective – English 12)

 

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

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A.  Analyze the features and structures of documents and essays

      and critique them to determine the devices used by the writer to       accomplish purpose and effectiveness.

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.  Identify and analyze examples of rhetorical   devices and valid       and invalid inferences in persuasive writing.

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, faulty reasoning, propaganda techniques, bias and       stereotyping.

 

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

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.   Utilize multiple sources pertaining to a singular topic to critique       the various ways authors develop their ideas.

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

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

5c. Make assertions and use elements of text to prove conclusions.

5d. State emotional and intellectual impact of a piece written on   self.

5e.  State the relationship of the piece to the real world.

 

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