OH.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.6
Description:
Craft and Structure
Determine an author’s perspective or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness, or beauty of the text.
Maps to Reading Plus skills:
6A, 6B
Exemplars
6A: Recognizing Author's Intent
6A: Recognizing Author's Intent
Description:
Recognizing Author's Purpose
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
L-8
L-8
Grade level: 12
Word count: 2551 words
Author: President John F. Kennedy
Synopsis: President Kennedy was convinced the Cold War would be won in space.
Excerpt:
No excerpt is available for this question.
Question:
Who was President Kennedy's real target audience for his September 1962 moon speech?
- the Soviets
- Rice University students and faculty
- Texas state officials
- astronauts
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Describe how the author of an argument tries to prove that he or she is right.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions
6B: Recognizing Persuasion
6B: Recognizing Persuasion
Description:
Recognizing Persuasive Devices
SeeReader
✓ standard met
Selection:
L-43
L-43
Grade level: 12
Word count: 2405 words
Author: Peter Kupfer
Synopsis: One man's talent for painting led to one of the biggest frauds to hit the art world.
Excerpt:
"I made a knife to cut fruit," Qian added, "but if others use it to kill, blaming me is unfair."
Question:
What did Qian mean when he said this?
- He may have created the fake paintings, but he should not be held accountable for selling them.
- While he was creating forgeries, he was also making legitimate art using knives and fruit.
- He thinks that forgery is not a serious crime, but killing someone is a horribly serious crime.
- He would have preferred to be a chef than an artist.
Writing
✓ standard met
Writing prompt:
Imagine you want to make a documentary about a non-fiction selection you read. Describe the steps you would need to take to make your documentary as accurate and unbiased as possible.
Evaluator
Organization:
Certica Solutions