Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks
MA.CCRA.R. College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading
Craft and Structure
CCRA.R.6. Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.
MA.RCA-H.6-8. Grades 6–8 Reading Standards for Literacy in the Content Areas: History/Social Studies [RCA-H]
Craft and Structure
RCA-H.6-8.6. Identify aspects of a text that reveal an author’s point of view or purpose (e.g., loaded language, inclusion or avoidance of particular facts).
MA.RCA-ST.6-8. Grades 6–8 Reading Standards for Literacy in the Content Areas: Science and Career and Technical Subjects [RCA-ST]
Craft and Structure
RCA-ST.6-8.6. Analyze an author’s purpose in providing an explanation, describing a procedure, or discussing an experiment in a text.
MA.RI.7. Grade 7 Reading Standards for Informational Text [RI]
Craft and Structure
RI.7.6. Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author distinguishes his or her position from that of others.