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Knowledge and Skills Statement

Multiple genres: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--genres. The student recognizes and analyzes genre-specific characteristics, structures, and purposes within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, classical, and diverse texts.

A persuasive text is a text written with the intent of convincing the audience to adopt a belief and to move to action by appealing to emotions, reason, or values.