Georgia 9.T.SS.2

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

• 9.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. ...

• 9.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...

• 9.T.SS.2.c

  Use formal or informal style, as appropriate to audience, purpose, and context. (C)

01

What Students Need to Do

Students examine diction, syntax, imagery, figurative language, and other craft choices in different texts. They explain each choice’s effect and use similar choices to shape their own writing.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Students can point to exact words, sentence patterns, or figures of speech and explain how they shape tone, meaning, and reader response. They can revise a passage so its language fits a chosen audience, purpose, and effect.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students often name a device, such as imagery or repetition, without explaining its effect. They may treat tone as a single correct label or assume longer words make writing stronger. They may also revise content instead of changing the language choices.

04

How to Assess It

Exit ticket: Read, “The hallway swallowed every sound as Maya reached for the locked door.” Identify two language choices, explain their effect, then rewrite the sentence to create humor.

1. 01

   Give groups sentence strips with neutral statements, then have them swap verbs, details, and sentence lengths to create suspense, humor, or urgency.

2. 02

   Ask students to compare two descriptions of the same event and write which language choices shape tone most strongly and why.

3. 03

   Play Tone Target: students draw an effect card, revise one sentence, and classmates guess the intended effect from the language.

4. 04

   Collect a product ad, news headline, and public notice, then mark the words each writer uses to influence readers.

• 11.T.SS.2

  The 11th Grade version of this standard.

• 12.T.SS.2

  The 12th Grade version of this standard.

• 10.T.SS.2

  The 10th Grade version of this standard.

• 3.T.SS.2

  Craft Use language to interpret meaning and craft engaging texts.