Performance Indicator

ELA.7.R.3.A: Students evaluate the validity and accuracy of information, ideas, themes, opinions, and experiences in text to:

• identify conflicting information
• consider the background and qualifications of the writer
• evaluate examples, details, or reasons used to support ideas
• identify propaganda, with assistance
• identify techniques used to persuade, such as emotional and ethical appeals, with assistance
• identify differing points of view in texts and presentations
• identify cultural and ethnic values and their impact on content
• identify multiple levels of meaning