English Language Arts and Reading.7.9.E

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The student is expected to

identify the use of literary devices, including subjective and objective point of view;

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Knowledge and Skills Statement

Author's purpose and craft: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts. The student uses critical inquiry to analyze the authors' choices and how they influence and communicate meaning within a variety of texts. The student analyzes and applies author's craft purposefully in order to develop his or her own products and performances.

Consider pairing SE 7.6.B with SE 7.9.E and assess both SEs at the same time. With SE 7.6.B, students write responses that demonstrate understanding of texts, including comparing sources within and across genres. Task students with reading multiple texts on a related topic. Include texts written from both a subjective and an objective point of view. Have students compare the texts and write a response that identifies which texts are written from a subjective point of view and which texts are written from an objective point of view. Students should also address how different points of view affect the texts they are reading.
 

Further Explanation

This SE requires students to recognize the difference between subjective and objective point of view. Students should be able to think critically about a text in order to determine the author’s choices in using literary devices such as subjective and objective points of view to produce a given effect on the reader and to communicate a particular detail or message.

Literary devices are specific language techniques that convey meaning and bring clarity to a text. Students should understand that authors use literary devices such as point of view to communicate a particular detail or message and to affect the reader in specific ways. For example, a reporter wanting to describe the aftermath of a storm might use an objective point of view and focus on the observable, factual details that highlight the destruction and recovery efforts while a novel set during that same storm would likely include emotional, subjective points of view from the characters' experiences. Students should recognize the difference between the two approaches.
a narrative perspective that reports from a neutral perspective using third-person pronouns (e.g., he, she, they)
This point of view does not follow any specific character or reveal character thoughts/feelings.
a narrative perspective that includes the thoughts and feelings of one or more of the characters in a story and uses third-person pronouns (e.g., he, she, they)

Research

Dallacqua, A. L. (2012). Exploring literary devices in graphic novels. Language Arts, 89(6), 365–378. Retrieved from http://www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Resources/Journals/LA/0896-jul2012/LA0896Exploring.pdf

Summary: In this article, the researcher suggests using graphic novel as an approach to teaching literary devices. The article includes narrative structure; metaphor and symbolism; point of view; and the use of puns, alliteration, and inferences.