Determine the intended purposes of techniques used for rhetorical effect in multiple digital sources.
Arizona Academic Standards:
7.RI.8
Common Core State Standards:
Literacy.RI.7.8
Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE):
ELAGSE7RI8
Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims.
Tennessee Academic Standards:
7.RI.IKI.8
Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
7.11*
Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about persuasive text and provide evidence from text to support their analysis.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
7.11.A*
analyze the structure of the central argument in contemporary policy speeches (e.g., argument by cause and effect, analogy, authority) and identify the different types of evidence used to support the argument;
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
7.11.B*
identify such rhetorical fallacies as ad hominem, exaggeration, stereotyping, or categorical claims in persuasive texts.
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
CC.1.2.7.H
Evaluate an author’s argument, reasoning, and specific claims for the soundness of the argument and the relevance of the evidence.
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
E07.B-C.3.1.1
Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims.
7th Grade Reading - Persuasive Arguments and Claims Lesson
Persuasive Arguments and Claims
Authors write persuasive arguments to persuade readers to believe, think, feel, or do something. In a persuasive text, the claim is what the author wants to persuade, or convince, readers to believe, think, feel, or do.
Persuasive arguments and claims can be found everywhere, from TV commercials to the newspaper. When you read, ask yourself these questions:
Is the author trying to make me believe, think, feel, or do something?