General Information
Number: ELA.9.R.2
Title: Reading Informational Text
Type:
Standard
Subject: English Language Arts (B.E.S.T.)
Grade: 9
Strand: Reading
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Access Points
ELA.9.R.2.AP.1
Explain the purpose and/or meaning across multiple text structures.
ELA.9.R.2.AP.2
Explain the support an author uses to develop the central idea(s) throughout a text.
ELA.9.R.2.AP.3a
Identify rhetorical appeals and/or figurative language.
ELA.9.R.2.AP.3b
Identify how an author establishes and achieves purpose(s) through rhetorical appeals and/or figurative language.
ELA.9.R.2.AP.4a
Explain how the development of two opposing arguments on the same topic are related.
ELA.9.R.2.AP.4b
Explain the effectiveness and validity of the claims within two opposing arguments on the same topic.
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