Georgia 11.T.T.3.d
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 This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students build an argument using at least two rhetorical choices, such as an appeal to logic, repetition, or analogy. They choose techniques that fit the audience and purpose, then connect them smoothly instead of dropping them in at random.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can make a clear claim, support it with evidence, and blend two or more techniques into the reasoning. The techniques work together for a named audience, and the student can explain the intended effect of each one.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may label ethos, pathos, and logos without using them to strengthen a claim. They may pile on rhetorical questions, repetition, or emotional language even when those choices distract from evidence. Some treat ethos as fame, pathos as any strong feeling, and logos as a statistic with no explanation.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Write a 120-word argument convincing the principal to create one phone-free lunch each week. Underline two different appeals or devices and explain how each fits the audience.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups a school policy claim, an audience card, and appeal and device cards; have them build and perform a 60-second argument.
Ask students to write: Which combination of logic, credibility, emotion, repetition, and analogy would persuade skeptical parents, and why?
Run a revision relay where teams improve a weak paragraph by adding one appeal and one device, then justify both choices.
Bring in two public service ads; students mark each appeal and device, then explain which choices fit the target audience.
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Related Standards
- 12.T.T.3.d
Integrate multiple rhetorical devices or appeals strategically. (C)*
- 12.T.T.3.c
Apply argumentative techniques strategically to enhance writing and engage audiences. (C)
- 10.T.T.3.d
The 10th Grade version of this standard.
- 11.T.T.3.c
Apply argumentative techniques strategically to enhance writing and engage audiences. (C)
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