3.10

3.10 is a knowledge and skills statement. These are the student expectations under it.

• 3.10.A

  explain the author's purpose and message within a text

• 3.10.B

  explain how the use of text structure contributes to the author's purpose

• 3.10.C

  explain the author's use of print and graphic features to achieve specific purposes

• 3.10.D

  describe how the author's use of imagery, literal and figurative language such as simile, and sound devices such as onomatopoeia achieves specific purposes

• 3.10.E

  identify the use of literary devices, including first- or third-person point of view

• 3.10.F

  discuss how the author's use of language contributes to voice

• 3.10.G

  identify and explain the use of hyperbole.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students explain why an author wrote a text and what message the author communicates. They show how structure, graphics, point of view, imagery, figurative language, sound words, hyperbole, and voice support that purpose. They use some of these choices in their own writing.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

Students state the author’s purpose and message using evidence from the text. They identify craft choices and explain how each choice affects meaning, voice, or reader response. They can use a chosen craft move in their own writing.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may name a purpose, such as inform, but not explain the message. They often spot a simile, graphic, or sound word without explaining its effect. They may confuse the narrator with the author or treat every exaggeration as hyperbole.

04

How to Assess It

Give students a short passage with a heading, illustration, simile, and clear narrator. Ask them to state the purpose and message, then explain how two craft choices support the purpose.

1. 01

   Give pairs sentence strips showing craft choices and purpose cards, then have them match each choice to its likely effect.

2. 02

   Ask students to write: Which author choice most shaped the message, and what would change if the author removed it?

3. 03

   Play Craft Detective bingo using examples of simile, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, point of view, imagery, text structure, and graphic features.

4. 04

   Compare a cereal box with a short news article, then list how each uses words, print, and images to influence readers.

• 6.9

  The 6th Grade version of this standard.

• 5.10

  The 5th Grade version of this standard.

• K.9

  The Kindergarten version of this standard.

• 4.10

  The 4th Grade version of this standard.