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Understand the effect of nominalisation in the writing of informative and persuasive texts (ACELA1546)

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  • analysing formal and persuasive texts to identify and explain language choices such as nominalisation
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  • Literacy Literacy
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Expositions (Factual texts),  Noun phrases

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This article about nominalisation provides background support about this topic for teachers. While written for NSW secondary English teachers, it has broader relevance for teaching this skill in Australian classrooms.

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