Common Core Standards

Grade 7

Reading RI.7.9

Analyze how two or more authors writing about the same topic shape their presentations of key information by emphasizing different evidence or advancing different interpretations of facts.

This standard continues the exploration of different author perspectives started in sixth grade. Maybe one author hates what they're writing about, while the other ones loves it. However, if they're both using the same information, how do they show it? The author who loves what he or she is writing about might focus on the positives, while the author who hates it might downplay those positives. A lot of authors' presentations of a subject will come down to word choice, too—those connotative meanings of words are important outside of fiction!