UP:ELA21.7.5
Vocabulary
- Rhetorical strategies
- Central ideas
- Supporting ideas
- Recorded presentations
- Live presentations
- Point of view
- Purpose
- Comparison
- Categories
- Figurative word meaning
- Connotative word meaning
- Technical word meaning
Knowledge
Students know:
- Speakers utilize specific rhetorical strategies in their presentations to convey meaning.
- Rhetorical strategies that can develop central and supporting ideas include point of view, purpose, comparison, categories, and word choice.
- Speakers develop the central 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 strategies related to point of view, purpose, comparison, categories, and word choice.
- Evaluate an author's rhetorical choices related to point of view, purpose, comparison, categories, 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 and supporting ideas.
