TEKS: Chapter 110. English Language Arts and Reading See All Teacher Resources

110.48.b.4

(4) The student reads critically to evaluate texts and the authority of sources. The student is expected to:

• (A) analyze audience, purpose, and message of text;

• (B) evaluate the credibility and relevance of information sources;

• (C) evaluate the author's motivation, stance, or position and its effect on the validity of the text;

• (D) analyze aspects of texts such as organizational patterns, diction, format, and tone for their effect on audiences;

• (E) identify explicit and implicit textual information in text;

• (F) support complex inferences with text evidence and experience; and

• (G) recognize persuasive techniques in texts such as bandwagon, glittering generalities, and testimonials.