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

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A.   Evaluate how features and characteristics make information       accessible and usable and how structures help authors achieve       their purpose.

1.   Compare and contrast text features, including format and       headers of various informational texts in terms of their structure       and purpose.

2.   Identify and use the organizational structure of a text such as       chronological, compare-contrast, cause-effect, problem-      solution, and evaluate its effectiveness.

9.   Distinguish the characteristics of consumer materials (e.g.,       warranties, product information, instructional materials),       functional or workplace documents (e.g., job-related materials,       memoranda, instructions) and public documents (e.g., speeches       or newspaper editorials).

B.   Identify examples of rhetorical devices and valid and invalid       inferences, and explain how authors use these devices to       achieve their purpose and reach their intended audiences (e.g.,       Anne Frank, research for research paper).

5.   Assess the adequacy, accuracy and appropriateness of an       author’s details, identifying persuasive techniques (e.g.,       bandwagon, testimonial and emotional word repetition) and       examples of bias and stereotyping.

8.   Recognize how writers cite facts, draw inferences and present       opinions in informational text.

 

C.   Analyze whether graphics supplement textual information and       promote the author’s purpose.

4.   Analyze information found in maps, charts, tables, graphs,       diagrams, cutaways and overlays.

 

D.   Explain and analyze how an author appeals to an audience and       develops an argument or viewpoint in text.

6.   Identify the author’s purpose and intended audience for the text.

7.   Analyze an author’s argument, perspective or viewpoint and       explain the development of key points and supporting details.

 

E.   Utilize multiple sources pertaining to a singular topic to critique       the various ways authors develop their ideas (e.g., treatment,       scope and organization).

3.   Compare and contrast the treatment, scope and organization of       ideas from different sources on the same topic.

9.   Follow written directions.

 

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