McREL: Persuasion
Language Arts
Reading
Standard 7
Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of informational texts
Level IV Grade : 9-12
7. Uses a variety of criteria to evaluate the clarity and accuracy of information (e.g., author’s bias, use of persuasive strategies, consistency, clarity of purpose, effectiveness of organizational pattern, logic of arguments, reasoning, expertise of author, propaganda techniques, authenticity, appeal to friendly or hostile audience, faulty modes of persuasion)
Listening and Speaking
Standard 8
Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes
Level III Grade : 6-8
12. Understands elements of persuasion and appeal in spoken texts (e.g., purpose and impact of pace, volume, tone, stress, music in radio announcements; images conveyed by vocabulary and ideas)
Civics