Standard #: LA.7.1.7.2 (Archived Standard)

Test Item Specifications

Item Type(s): This benchmark may be assessed using: MC item(s)
N/A


Clarification :
The student will identify the author’s purpose or perspective. The student will analyze the impact of the author’s purpose or perspective within or across texts.

Content Limits :
Grade-level appropriate texts used in assessing author’s purpose should contain an identifiable author’s purpose for writing, including, but not limited to, persuading, entertaining, conveying a particular tone or mood, informing, or expressing an opinion. The author’s purpose, perspective, and bias should be recognizable within or across texts.

Content Focus :
Author's Purpose (within/across texts)
Author's Perspective (within/across texts)
Author's Bias (within/across texts)

Text Attributes :
Texts should be literary or informational. 

Other stimuli may include, but are not limited to, illustrations with captions, graphics, and charts. 

Texts may include, but are not limited to, persuasive articles, essays, editorials, and informational articles.

Distractor Attributes :
Distractors may include, but are not limited to 

• facts and details that do not support the author’s purpose or represent the author’s perspective or bias; 
• incorrect interpretations of the author’s purpose, perspective, or bias; 
• incorrect analysis or evaluation of the impact of the author’s purpose, perspective, or bias; and 
• plausible but incorrect distractors based on the text. 

Note: Distractors should not be a list of general categories (e.g., to inform, to persuade) but should include specific examples related to the text. 

Sample Test Items (2)