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The student will identify the authors purpose (e.g., to inform, entertain, explain) in text and how an author's perspective influences text;
General Information
Subject Area: X-Reading/Language Arts (former standards - 2008)
Grade: 4
Strand: Reading Process
Standard: Reading Comprehension - The student uses a variety of strategies to comprehend grade level text.
Date Adopted or Revised: 01/07
Status: State Board Approved - Archived
Assessed: Yes
Test Item Specifications
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Item Type(s):
This benchmark may be assessed using:
MC
item(s)
- 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, informing, telling a story, conveying a particular mood, entertaining, or explaining. The author’s perspective should be recognizable within or across texts. - Content Focus :
Author’s Purpose
Author’s Perspective - 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, diaries, 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;
- incorrect interpretations of the author’s purpose or perspective;
- incorrect analysis or evaluation of the impact of the author’s purpose or perspective on the text; 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)
- Test Item #: Sample Item 1
- Question: The sample item below is based on “Across the Blue Mountains” on page H–9.
At the end of the passage, why does the author repeat her description of the house? - Difficulty: N/A
- Type: MC: Multiple Choice
- Test Item #: Sample Item 2
- Question: The sample item below is based on “Living on the Edge of Danger” on page G–14.
Which statement BEST describes the author’s view of the silver ants?
- Difficulty: N/A
- Type: MC: Multiple Choice
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