1. For Point of View/Argument in Informational Texts

2. Getting Ready to Close Read for Point of View and Argument
Strategies: Lens 1 and Lens 2

3. Lens #1:
What is the point of view/argument?
Look for:
*Ideas or claims
*Counterargument

4. Lens#2: What makes the
point of view/argument persuasive?
Techniques used by the author:
*Text Evidence
*Word Choice
*Structure

5. *Text Evidence:
Facts
Phrases
Descriptions
Photos or Graphics
Quotes from Experts

6.  *Word Choice:
Words that seem particularly selected by the author, such as:
Strong Emotions
Facial Expressions/Body Language
Strong Images
Tone/Voice (Ex. - Humor, Passion, Outrage)
Particular kinds of words: Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives

7. *Structure:
Definitions of terms
Comparisons
Cause and Effect
Text Features (example: sequence of events)
Anecdotes