Determine an author's point of view

Determine an author's point of view

In this lesson you will learn how to determine the author’s point of view by analyzing key phrases in a section of text.

ADDITIONAL MATERIALS

STANDARDS

CCSS.RI.9-10.6 Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose.

TEKS.E2.Figure 19.B make complex inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding.

TEKS.E2.9.C make and defend subtle inferences and complex conclusions about the ideas in text and their organizational patterns; and

TEKS.E2.9.B distinguish among different kinds of evidence (e.g., logical, empirical, anecdotal) used to support conclusions and arguments in texts;

TEKS.E1.10.B analyze famous speeches for the rhetorical structures and devices used to convince the reader of the authors' propositions.

TEKS.E1.9.C make subtle inferences and draw complex conclusions about the ideas in text and their organizational patterns; and

TEKS.E1.Figure 19.B make complex inferences about text and use textual evidence to support understanding.

TEKS.E2.10.A explain shifts in perspective in arguments about the same topic and evaluate the accuracy of the evidence used to support the different viewpoints within those arguments; and

IN.9-10.RN.3.3 Determine an author’s perspective or purpose in a text, and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that perspective or purpose.

FL.LAFS.910.RI.2.6 Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how an author uses rhetoric to advance that point of view or purpose.