Reading Informational Text
Virginia SOL 9.RI.2
Analyze craft and style in informational texts, including rhetorical devices and authorial choices.
What students need to be able to do
- Compare characteristics of expository, technical, and persuasive texts.
- Understand differences in purpose, format, and text structure among text types.
- Analyze an author's word choice and use of rhetorical devices.
- Understand how rhetorical devices persuade or convince an audience.
- Analyze how authors use rhetorical devices to create ethos, logos, and pathos.
- Understand the impact of rhetorical devices on the reader.