Grade
Concept/Content
Language features, structures, and conventions
- features of oral language
- elements of style
- syntax and fluency
- rhetorical devices
- usage and conventions
- literary elements and devices
- literal and inferential meaning
- persuasive techniques
- citations and acknowledgements
Elaboration
intonation, enunciation, volume, pacing, expression, purpose, diction, acoustics
stylistic choices that make a specific writer distinguishable from others, including diction, vocabulary, sentence structure, and tone.
examples include figurative language, parallelism, repetition, irony, humour, exaggeration, emotional language, logic, direct address, rhetorical questions, and allusion
avoiding common usage errors (e.g., double negatives, mixed metaphors, malapropisms, and word misuse)
common practices of standard punctuation in capitalization, quoting, and spelling of Canadian and First Peoples words
Texts use various literary devices, including figurative language, according to purpose and audience.
- ethical, logical, and emotional appeals
- may include using repetition, rhetorical questions, irony, or satire
formal acknowledgements of another person’s work, idea, or intellectual property
keywords
features of oral language
elements of style
rhetorical devices
usage
conventions
literary elements and devices
persuasive techniques
acknowledgements