UP:ELA21.6.5

Vocabulary

  • Central idea
  • Supporting idea
  • Recorded presentations
  • Live presentations
  • Rhetorical choices
  • Point of view
  • Purpose
  • Anecdotes
  • Figurative word meaning
  • Connotative word meaning
  • Technical word meaning

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Speakers make specific rhetorical choices in their presentations to convey meaning.
  • Rhetorical devices include point of view, purpose, personal anecdotes, and word choice.
  • Speakers develop the main idea of their presentation by including supporting details to further elaborate on the presentation's central meaning.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Identify a speaker's rhetorical choices related to point of view, purpose, anecdotes, and figurative, connotative, and technical word meanings.
  • Explain why a speaker made particular rhetorical choices related to point of view, purpose, anecdotes, and figurative, connotative, and technical word meanings.
  • Evaluate how a speaker's rhetorical choices developed the central and supporting ideas of the presentation.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • When creating and presenting a presentation, speakers make specific decisions about structure, format, and vocabulary to accurately convey their central idea.
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