Tracing and Evaluating Arguments

What are the 4 primary reasons author's write?

• Persuade, Describe, Inform, Narrate

• Persuade, Inform, Entertain, Describe

• Compare and Contrast, Cause and Effect, Problem and Solution, Descriptive

• Fiction, Nonfiction, Biography, Narrative

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is author's purpose?

• WHY an author writes

• WHAT the author writes

• HOW the author structures their writing to best convey the message

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

What is text structure?

• WHY the author writes

• WHAT the author writes

• HOW the author organizes the text to convey his/her message

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

When an author writes to convince the reader of something....

• Informational

• Persuasive

• Entertaining

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

When an author writes to teach the reader about something...

• Informational

• Persuasive

• Entertaining

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

An Objective Summary should not include...

• facts

• evidence

• opinions

• the central idea

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

An objective summary should include...

• evidence

• bias

• source statement

• lots of detail

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

An objective summary should include...

• evidence

• bias

• Key details from Beginning, Middle, and End

• lots of detail

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

The three elements of a TAC Source Statement...

• Title

• Author's Purpose (verb)

• Author's Name

• Central Idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

In a Source Statement, Name It means...

• Name the author

• Name the title

• Name the author and the title

• Give your summary a title

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9