Georgia 10.T.SS.2

10.T.SS.2 is a Georgia English Language Arts standard. These are the expectations under it.

• 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. ...

• 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...

• 10.T.SS.2.c

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

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What Students Need to Do

Students identify how diction, syntax, imagery, figurative language, and tone shape a reader's response. They judge whether those choices work and craft their own language for a specific effect.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can cite specific words or sentence patterns and explain how they create tone, emphasis, pace, or meaning. The student can revise language to suit a clear audience, purpose, and text type.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students often name a device, such as imagery or repetition, without explaining its effect. They may assume longer words improve writing or confuse the writer's intent with the reader's likely response.

04

How to Assess It

Give students the sentence, “The storm moved toward town.” Ask them to rewrite it to create dread, then underline two choices and explain their effects.

1. 01

   Give groups sentence strips from one paragraph, then have them rearrange the syntax and record how each version changes pace or emphasis.

2. 02

   Compare two advertisements for the same product and write which uses language more effectively for its audience, citing three specific choices.

3. 03

   Play Effect Match by pairing cards showing language choices with cards naming effects such as tension, humor, urgency, distance, or trust.

4. 04

   Rewrite a school event announcement for students, families, and local businesses, changing diction, tone, and sentence structure for each audience.

• 11.T.SS.2

  The 11th Grade version of this standard.

• 12.T.SS.2

  The 12th Grade version of this standard.

• 9.T.SS.2

  The 9th Grade version of this standard.

• 3.T.SS.2

  Craft Use language to interpret meaning and craft engaging texts.