10.T.SS.2Craft and Language Effects

Expectations

• 10.T.SS.2.a

  Analyze how the use of figurative, connotative, and/or rhetorical language contributes to the development of meaning, tone, or mood in a wide variety of texts. (I)

• 10.T.SS.2.b

  Use literary devices, figurative language, rhetorical language, and/or rhetorical appeals to create a variety of effects, as appropriate to intended purpose and target audience. (C)

• 10.T.SS.2.c

  Use formal style when speaking or writing to establish credibility and tone. (C)

Georgia Milestones coverage

• Literature II (EOC) · Texts — Constructing Texts

  Structure & Style Students analyze and use organizational structures and style to shape ideas and information.

  about 10% of the test · 6 points These points are shared with other standards, so count them once and never add them up per standard.

• Literature II (EOC) · Texts — Interpreting Texts

  Structure & Style Students analyze and use organizational structures and style to shape ideas and information.

  about 13% of the test · 8 points These points are shared with other standards, so count them once and never add them up per standard.

What mastery looks like

Georgia's Achievement Level Descriptors. The levels are cumulative: each includes the ones before it. Proficient is on grade level.

Beginning

Identify the figurative, connotative, or rhetorical language in text(s) that contributes to the development of meaning, tone, or mood. Use a literary device to create an effect as appropriate for the provided purpose or audience. Use formal style for a given purpose in a section of text.

Developing

Describe the meaning of figurative, connotative, and/or rhetorical language when directly provided in text(s) when it contributes to the development of meaning, tone, or mood. Use literary devices, figurative language, rhetorical language, and/or rhetorical appeals in a section of text as appropriate to create an effect, as appropriate to the intended purpose and/or audience. Use formal style for a given purpose to establish credibility or tone in sentence(s).

Proficient

Analyze how the use of figurative, connotative, and/or rhetorical language contributes to the development of meaning, tone, or mood in text(s). Use literary devices, figurative language, rhetorical language, and/or rhetorical appeals to create a variety of effects, as appropriate to the intended purpose and target audience. Use formal style when speaking or writing to establish credibility and tone in a section of text.

Distinguished

Use literary devices, figurative language, rhetorical language, and/or rhetorical appeals to create a variety of effects throughout a text, as appropriate to the intended purpose and target audience. Use formal style when speaking or writing to establish credibility and tone throughout an entire text.

The same standard across grades

1. Kindergarten · K.T.SS.2

   Craft Identify and use descriptive and engaging language.

2. Grade 1 · 1.T.SS.2

   Craft Identify and use descriptive and engaging language.

3. Grade 2 · 2.T.SS.2

   Craft Identify and use descriptive and engaging language.

4. Grade 3 · 3.T.SS.2

   Craft Use language to interpret meaning and craft engaging texts.

5. Grade 4 · 4.T.SS.2

   Craft Use language to interpret meaning and craft engaging texts.

6. Grade 5 · 5.T.SS.2

   Craft Use language to interpret meaning and craft engaging texts.

7. Grade 6 · 6.T.SS.2

   Craft Interpret and use language to craft engaging texts.

8. Grade 7 · 7.T.SS.2

   Craft Interpret and use language to craft engaging texts.

9. Grade 8 · 8.T.SS.2

   Craft Interpret and use language to craft engaging texts.

10. Grade 9 · 9.T.SS.2

    Craft Analyze, evaluate, and craft language to produce intended effects in a wide variety of texts.

11. Grade 10 · 10.T.SS.2 (this standard)

    Craft Analyze, evaluate, and craft language to produce intended effects in a wide variety of texts.

12. Grade 11 · 11.T.SS.2

    Craft Analyze, evaluate, and craft language to produce intended effects in a wide variety of texts.

13. Grade 12 · 12.T.SS.2

    Craft Analyze, evaluate, and craft language to produce intended effects in a wide variety of texts.