Performance Indicator

ELA.8.R.3.A: Students evaluate the validity and accuracy of information, ideas, themes, opinions, and experiences in texts: for example:

• identify conflicting information
• consider the background and qualifications of the writer
• questions the writer's assumptions, beliefs, intentions, and biases
• evaluate examples, details, or reasons used to support ideas
• identify fallacies of logic that lead to unsupported conclusions
• discriminate between apparent messages and hidden agendas
• identify propaganda and evaluate its effectiveness
• identify techniques the author uses to persuade (e.g., emotional and ethical appeals)
• identify differing points of view in texts and presentations
• identify cultural and ethnic values and their impact on content
• identify multiple levels of meaning