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analyse and evaluate the effectiveness of particular sentence structures to express and craft ideas (AC9E10LA05)

Elaborations
  • recognising how the focus of a sentence can be changed through using the passive voice; for example, compare active “The police had caught the thief.” with passive “The thief had been caught.”
  • recognising how authors sometimes use verbless clauses for effect; for example, “And what about the other woman? With her dark glasses and briefcase.”
  • recognising that a sentence can begin with a coordinating conjunction for stylistic effect; for example, “And she went on planning how she would manage it.”
General capabilities
  • Literacy Literacy
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Sentences (Grammar)

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