c/c_Spoken Language_Grade 10_Language features, structures, and conventionselements of styleusage and conventionscitations and acknowledgementsliterary elements and devicesrhetorical devices

Subject
Spoken Language
Grade
Grade 10
Concept/Content
Language features, structures, and conventions
  • elements of style
  • usage and conventions
  • citations and acknowledgements
  • literary elements and devices
  • rhetorical devices
Elaboration
stylistic choices that make a specific writer distinguishable from others, including diction, vocabulary, sentence structure, and tone
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
formal acknowledgements of another person’s work, idea, or intellectual property
  • texts use various literary devices, including figurative language, according to purpose and audience
  • examples include figurative language, parallelism, repetition, irony, humour, exaggeration, emotional language, logic, direct address, rhetorical questions, and allusion
keywords
elements of style
usage
conventions
acknowledgements
literary elements and devices
rhetorical devices