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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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?
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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