Standard #: LAFS.8.RI.2.6 (Archived Standard)

Test Item Specifications

Item Type(s): This benchmark may be assessed using: TM , SHT , DDHT item(s)
N/A


Assessment Limits :
Items may ask about how the author develops a point of view or purpose in the text. Items may ask about one or more viewpoints. Items may ask about the author’s word choice or use of figurative language. Items may ask about the tone or mood of the author or text. Items may ask about a lack of textual evidence or about inappropriate or unsound evidence.
Text Types :
Items assessing this standard may be used with one or more grade-appropriate informational texts. Texts may vary in complexity.
Response Mechanisms :
The Technology-Enhanced Item Descriptions section on pages 3 and 4 provides a list of Response Mechanisms that may be used to assess this standard (excluding the Editing Task Choice and Editing Task item types). The Sample Response Mechanisms may include, but are not limited to, the examples below.
Task Demand and Sample Response Mechanisms :

Task Demand
Determine an author’s point of view or purpose and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints.
Sample Response Mechanisms
Selectable Hot Text
• Requires the student to select the author’s point of view and then select how the author responds to conflicting information in the text. 
Drag-and-Drop Hot Text
• Requires the student to place the author’s point of view or purpose and ways the author responds to conflicting evidence in a graphic organizer. 
Table Match
• Requires the student to complete a table by matching an author’s point of view or purpose in a text to ways the author responds to conflicting evidence.