ELA21.7.5

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 7

ELA21.7.5
Evaluate rhetorical strategies used to develop central and supporting ideas in recorded or live presentations, including point of view, purpose, comparison, categories, and word meanings (figurative, connotative, and technical).

Unpacked Content

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.

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

Aligned Learning Resources

Monologues and Main Ideas

Design by Adaptive Theme