Writing Techniques for Effect
Apply growing knowledge of vocabulary, grammar, and text structure to writing — drawing on literary and rhetorical devices from reading (e.g., rhetorical questions, tricolon, anaphora, contrast) to enhance impact
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- Use a rhetorical question or tricolon deliberately in a persuasive piece and explain the intended effect
- Employ varied sentence openings and structures to maintain reader interest across a whole piece
- Draw on a literary device encountered in reading and apply it consciously in own writing
“When your child edits a piece of their writing, do they make choices about word order, sentence structure, or vocabulary to make the writing more powerful or clearer?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- English
- Domain
- Writing Composition
- Age range
- Ages 11–14
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