Common Core StandardsPersuasive Arguments and Claims |
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| Grade: | 7th Grade |
| Standard: | CC.1.2.7.H |
| Description: | Evaluate an author’s argument, reasoning, and specific claims for the soundness of the argument and the relevance of the evidence. |
| Standard: | E07.B-C.3.1.1 |
| Description: | 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. |
| Standard: | Literacy.RI.7.8 |
| Description: | 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. |
| Standard: | 7.11* |
| Description: | Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about persuasive text and provide evidence from text to support their analysis. |
| Standard: | 7.11.A* |
| Description: | 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; |
| Standard: | 7.11.B* |
| Description: | identify such rhetorical fallacies as ad hominem, exaggeration, stereotyping, or categorical claims in persuasive texts. |
7th Grade Reading - Persuasive Arguments and Claims Lesson