ELA21.8.19

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

ELA21.8.19

Evaluate a speaker’s rhetorical and organizational choices in order to determine point of view, purpose, and effectiveness.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Speakers organize their speech to indicate the point of view and purpose of the presentation.
  • Listeners can assess a speaker's rhetorical and organizational choices to determine the effectiveness of the presentation.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Identify and describe a speaker's rhetorical and organizational choices, such as point of view and purpose.
  • Evaluate a speaker's rhetorical and organizational choices to determine the effectiveness of the presentation.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Speakers make rhetorical and organizational choices that affect the overall effectiveness of their presentations.
  • Active listening is critical to evaluating the organizational choices of a speaker's presentation.

Vocabulary

  • Evaluate
  • Rhetorical choices
  • Organizational choices
  • Point of view
  • Purpose
  • Effectiveness
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