Reading Informational Text

Virginia SOL 8.RI.2

Evaluate author's use of text features, analyze impact of stylistic choices, and understand author's perspective/purpose in informational texts.

What students need to be able to do

  • Evaluating author's use of text features
  • Understanding how text features enhance and support reader's comprehension
  • Analyzing how author's word choice impacts meaning and credibility
  • Analyzing how author's organizational pattern impacts meaning and credibility
  • Analyzing how author's language structure impacts meaning and credibility
  • Analyzing how author's viewpoints impact meaning and credibility
  • Analyzing how author's qualifications impact meaning and credibility
  • Analyzing how authors establish and convey perspective or purpose
  • Understanding how authors acknowledge and respond to conflicting evidence or viewpoints