Reading Standard II, Comprehension Skills
Lesson 260, Writer’s Purpose
Characteristics of writing to inform
Characteristics of writing to instruct
Characteristics of writing to entertain
Characteristics of writing to critique or evaluate
Recognizing persuasive devices and techniques, such as loaded language, sarcasm, satire
Characteristics of writing to request
Defining tone of the writer
Identifying language used to confuse or inform, repel or persuade, inspire or enrage, etc.
Identifying the purpose of a passage
Identifying the intended audience for a passage
Identifying persuasive techniques – mudslinging, either/or argument, circular argument – that result in invalid arguments
Recognizing fallacies of argument and judge strength of argument
Explaining how the use of language in a selection affects reader response
Standard III – Abbreviations and Contractions