Georgia 7.P.AC.1.a
The Standard
Identify, apply, and analyze the literary, expository, and opinion (grades K-5) or rhetorical (grades 6-12) elements in texts, explaining or evaluating how specific elements affect the target audience and support the text’s purpose. (I/C)
Georgia's K-12 English Language Arts Standards · Practices (P) · Author’s Craft
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students locate craft moves such as imagery, organization, evidence, repetition, appeals, and word choice. They explain how each move shapes a reader's response, then use similar moves in their own writing.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can name a specific craft move, cite the exact passage, and explain its likely effect on a named audience. The student can revise a craft move so it better fits the writer's goal.
Common Misconceptions
- Students often name a device without explaining what it makes readers think, feel, or do. They may confuse topic with purpose or assume every audience reacts the same way.
How to Assess It
- Give students a short editorial paragraph and ask: "Identify one rhetorical move, quote it, and explain how it supports the writer's goal for teen readers."
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a printed speech to highlight repetition, evidence, and loaded words in different colors, then label each intended audience effect.
Ask students to write: "Which sentence most strongly influences the audience, and what exact wording creates that effect?"
Play a card match where students pair excerpts with craft-move and audience-effect cards, then defend each match in one sentence.
Compare two school event flyers, then have students choose which better persuades seventh graders and revise one line for parents.
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