ELA21.8.6

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 8

ELA21.8.6
Evaluate the development of central and supporting ideas in recorded or live presentations by examining the speaker’s rhetorical strategies and choices regarding point of view, purpose, comparisons, analogies, categories, allusions, and figurative, connotative, and technical word meanings.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:

Speakers utilize specific rhetorical strategies in their presentations to convey the central and supporting ideas.
Rhetorical strategies that can develop central and supporting ideas include point of view, purpose, comparisons, analogies, categories, allusions, 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, comparisons, analogies, categories, allusions, and word choice.
Evaluate an author's rhetorical choices related to point of view, purpose, comparisons, analogies, categories, allusions, 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

Central idea
Supporting ideas
Recorded presentations
Live presentations
Rhetorical strategies
Rhetorical choices
Point of view
Purpose
Comparisons
Analogies
Categories
Allusions
Figurative word meanings
Connotative word meanings
Technical word meanings

Aligned Learning Resources

Power of a Quotient | Algebra 1: Module 2: Topic 5

Design by Adaptive Theme