Ohio English Language Arts Standards (2001)
Reading Applications: Informational, Technical and Persuasive Text Standard
Benchmarks (8–10)
B.
Identify examples of rhetorical devices and valid and invalid inferences, and explain how authors use these devices to achieve their purposes and reach their intended audiences.
D.
Explain and analyze how an author appeals to an audience and develops an argument or viewpoint in text.
Grade Level Indicators (Grade 8)
5.
Assess the adequacy, accuracy and appropriateness of an author's details, identifying persuasive techniques (e.g., bandwagon, testimonial and emotional word repetition) and examples of bias and stereotyping.
6.
Identify the author's purpose and intended audience for the text.
7.
Analyze an author's argument, perspective or viewpoint and explain the development of key points.
8.
Recognize how writers cite facts, draw inferences and present opinions in informational text.
Writing Applications Standard
Benchmarks (3–4)
B.
Write responses to literature that summarize main ideas and significant details and support interpretations with references to the text.
Grade Level Indicators (Grade 6)
2.
Write responses to novels, stories, poems and plays that provide an interpretation, critique or reflection and support judgments with specific references to the text.
Grade Level Indicators (Grade 7)
2.
Write responses to novels, stories, poems and plays that provide an interpretation, a critique or a reflection and support judgments with specific references to the text.