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title: "12.T.C.2: Author Perspective and Context (Georgia English Language Arts standard)"
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# 12.T.C.2: Author Perspective and Context

Evaluate how authors’ and/or speakers’ perspectives influence texts and how circumstances shape their creation.

- Subject: English Language Arts
- Appears in: Grade 12, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/ela/grade-12.md

## Expectations

- **12.T.C.2.a**: *Compare and contrast varying perspectives on a particular topic found across a variety of texts, analyzing how texts establish and develop perspective to shape perceptions or beliefs.* (I)
- **12.T.C.2.b**: Locate the original source of questionable content to better evaluate credibility and validity. (I)
- **12.T.C.2.c**: *Evaluate the extent to which historical, disciplinary, and/or personal perspectives affect authors' stylistic and thematic choices in text.* (I)
- **12.T.C.2.d**: *Synthesize information from a variety of credible sources used to research the answers to questions on academic and individual topics of interest.* (C)

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

## The same standard across grades

- Kindergarten, K.T.C.2: **Authors & Speakers** Investigate the relationships between authors and speakers in texts. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/K.T.C.2.md
- Grade 1, 1.T.C.2: **Authors & Speakers** Investigate the relationships between authors and speakers in texts. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/1.T.C.2.md
- Grade 2, 2.T.C.2: **Authors & Speakers** Investigate the relationships between authors and speakers in texts. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/2.T.C.2.md
- Grade 3, 3.T.C.2: **Authors & Speakers** Make connections between authors of texts, speakers in texts, varying perspectives, and the circumstances in which texts are produced. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/3.T.C.2.md
- Grade 4, 4.T.C.2: **Authors & Speakers** Make connections between authors of texts, speakers in texts, varying perspectives, and the circumstances in which texts are produced. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/4.T.C.2.md
- Grade 5, 5.T.C.2: **Authors & Speakers** Make connections between authors of texts, speakers in texts, varying perspectives, and the circumstances in which texts are produced. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/5.T.C.2.md
- Grade 6, 6.T.C.2: **Authors & Speakers** Analyze how authors’ and/or speakers’ perspectives influence texts and how circumstances shape their creation. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/6.T.C.2.md
- Grade 7, 7.T.C.2: **Authors & Speakers** Analyze how authors’ and/or speakers’ perspectives influence texts and how circumstances shape their creation. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/7.T.C.2.md
- Grade 8, 8.T.C.2: **Authors & Speakers** Analyze how authors’ and/or speakers’ perspectives influence texts and how circumstances shape their creation. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/8.T.C.2.md
- Grade 9, 9.T.C.2: **Authors & Speakers** Evaluate how authors’ and/or speakers’ perspectives influence texts and how circumstances shape their creation. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/9.T.C.2.md
- Grade 10, 10.T.C.2: **Authors & Speakers** Evaluate how authors’ and/or speakers’ perspectives influence texts and how circumstances shape their creation. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/10.T.C.2.md
- Grade 11, 11.T.C.2: **Authors & Speakers** Evaluate how authors’ and/or speakers’ perspectives influence texts and how circumstances shape their creation. https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/code/11.T.C.2.md
- **Grade 12, 12.T.C.2 (this standard)**: **Authors & Speakers** Evaluate how authors’ and/or speakers’ perspectives influence texts and how circumstances shape their creation.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.