Georgia 10.T.T.3.d

ELA10th GradeArgumentative Techniques

The Standard

Integrate multiple rhetorical devices or appeals strategically. (C)

Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Texts (T) · Techniques

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students combine several appeals and rhetorical devices in one argument. They choose each move to fit the claim, audience, and purpose, then connect it smoothly to reasons and evidence.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student combines two or more techniques smoothly within a clear argument. Each choice fits the audience and purpose, supports the evidence, and strengthens a specific point. The student can explain why each technique was used.
Common Misconceptions: Students may add a rhetorical question or repetition without linking it to the argument. They may treat credibility as bragging, emotion as a substitute for evidence, or logic as simply adding statistics.
How to Assess It: Ask students to write five sentences persuading school leaders to extend lunch by ten minutes, using two different appeals or devices. Have them label each choice and explain its purpose.

Lesson moves

Give groups claim, evidence, audience, and appeal cards; have them arrange a six-sentence argument, then explain why each move fits.
Ask: Which combination of logic, credibility, emotion, repetition, and rhetorical questions would best persuade the principal to change one school policy?
Run a revision relay where teams draw two technique cards and improve a weak argument without changing its claim or evidence.
Collect a local advertisement or public service post, mark its appeals, and rewrite it for a different audience.

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