ELA21.6.5

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 6

ELA21.6.5
Evaluate the development of central and supporting ideas in recorded or live presentations by examining the speaker’s rhetorical choices regarding point of view, purpose, anecdotes, and figurative, connotative, and technical word meanings.

Unpacked Content

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.

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

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