Georgia 11.T.T.3.a
The Standard
Read, discuss, evaluate, and critique a variety of texts, considering the argumentative techniques used to present and design content and their associated implications on meaning or central idea. (I)
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Texts (T) · Techniques
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify argumentative techniques in print, digital, visual, and spoken texts. They explain how evidence, wording, structure, and design shape meaning, then judge each choice's fairness and effectiveness.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students annotate specific choices in wording, evidence, structure, and design. They explain how those choices shape the central idea and influence an audience. They support critiques with details from the text.
Common Misconceptions
- Students often label ethos, pathos, or logos without explaining how the technique affects meaning. They may treat images, layout, and word choice as decoration rather than argument. They may also assume a convincing argument is accurate or fair.
How to Assess It
- Give students a short editorial with an image. Ask them to identify one argumentative technique, cite one detail, explain its effect, and judge whether it strengthens the central idea.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Cut apart a printed advocacy ad, then rearrange its headline, image, evidence, and call to action to test changes in meaning.
Discuss: Which choice in the text most shapes the central idea, and what changes if that choice is removed?
Play a technique match game using excerpt cards and effect cards, then defend each match with one quoted detail.
Compare two campaign posts about the same local issue, noting how images, statistics, and wording target different audiences.
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