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Committee tightens ELA glossary language, merges duplicate entries and refines 'diverse texts' definition
Summary
During its Oct. 28 meeting the ELA standards panel accepted new glossary entries (rhetorical techniques, premise, stance), consolidated 'purpose' and "author's purpose," and agreed to language that allows 'perspective' to refer to both authors and characters.
Members of the Tennessee State Board of Education's English Language Arts Standards Recommendation Committee spent much of the Oct. 28 meeting reviewing glossary wording and formatting.
Committee members agreed to add a definition for rhetorical techniques ("a writer's or speaker's linguistic and/or presentation choices meant to advance the purpose of the work"), adopt a definition of premise that uses "line of reasoning" rather than…
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