Subject
Grade
Curricular Competency Group
Curricular Competency
Evaluate and refine texts to improve clarity, effectiveness, and impact
Elaboration
- creatively and critically manipulating language for a desired effect
- consciously and purposefully make intentional, stylistic choices, such as using sentence fragments or inverted syntax for emphasis or impact
- using techniques such as adjusting diction and form according to audience needs and preferences, using verbs effectively, using repetition and substitution for effect, maintaining parallelism, adding modifiers, varying sentence types
keywords
refine texts to improve clarity, effectiveness, and impact