Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- Methods to identify an author's particular rhetorical style.
- Formal, standard English conventions and their usage in a variety of text genres.
- Authors choose to use particular grammar and rhetorical style in writing to convey the meaning of the text.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Interpret how an author's grammar use contributes to text's meaning in multiple genres.
- Interpret how an author's rhetorical style contributes to the meaning of the text in multiple genres.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- An author's grammar and rhetorical style affect the meaning of different texts.
Vocabulary
- Grammar
- Rhetorical style
- Fiction
- Poetry
- Prose
- Nonfiction
- Historical documents
- Business documents
- Informational documents
- Workplace documents
