Subject
Grade
Concept/Content
Language features, structures, and conventions
- elements of style
- exploration of voice
- usage and conventions
- literary elements and devices
- literal and inferential meaning
Elaboration
stylistic choices that make a specific writer what make one “writer” distinguishable from others, including diction, vocabulary, sentence structure, and tone
- point of view
- humour, irony, satire, wit
- perspective (e.g., persona)
avoiding common usage errors (e.g., double negatives, mixed metaphors, malapropisms, and word misuse)
common practices of standard punctuation, capitalization, quoting, and Canadian spelling
Texts use various literary devices, including figurative language, according to purpose and audience.
keywords
elements of style
voice
usage
conventions
literary elements and devices