Identifying the audience for and purpose of the writing, selecting the appropriate form and other similar writing as models for their own Selecting appropriate grammar and vocabulary, understanding how such choices can change and enhance meaning In narratives, describing settings, characters and atmosphere and integrating dialogue to convey character and advance the action Précising longer passages Using a wide range of devices to build cohesion within and across paragraphs Using further organisational and presentational devices to structure text and to guide the reader Ensuring the consistent and correct use of tense throughout a piece of writing Ensuring correct subject and verb agreement when using singular and plural, distinguishing between the language of speech and writing and choosing the appropriate register Perform their own compositions, using appropriate intonation, volume, and movement so that meaning is clear. Use a thesaurus Using expanded noun phrases to convey complicated information concisely Using modal verbs or adverbs to indicate degrees of possibility Using relative clauses beginning with who, which, where, when, whose, that or with an implied (i.e. omitted) relative pronoun Converting or adjectives into verbs Devices to build cohesion, including adverbials of time, place and number Recognising vocabulary and structures that are appropriate for formal speech and writing, including subjunctive Using passive verbs to affect the presentation of information in a sentence Using the perfect form of verbs to mark relationships of time and cause Differences in informal and formal language Further cohesive devices such as grammatical connections and adverbials Use of ellipsis Using commas to clarify meaning or avoid ambiguity in writing Using brackets, dashes or commas to indicate parenthesis Using hyphens to avoid ambiguity
Identifying the audience for and purpose of the writing, selecting the appropriate form and other similar writing as models for their own Selecting appropriate grammar and vocabulary, understanding how such choices can change and enhance meaning In narratives, describing settings, characters and atmosphere and integrating dialogue to convey character and advance the action Précising longer passages Using a wide range of devices to build cohesion within and across paragraphs Using further organisational and presentational devices to structure text and to guide the reader Ensuring the consistent and correct use of tense throughout a piece of writing Ensuring correct subject and verb agreement when using singular and plural, distinguishing between the language of speech and writing and choosing the appropriate register Perform their own compositions, using appropriate intonation, volume, and movement so that meaning is clear. Use a thesaurus Using expanded noun phrases to convey complicated information concisely Using modal verbs or adverbs to indicate degrees of possibility Using relative clauses beginning with who, which, where, when, whose, that or with an implied (i.e. omitted) relative pronoun Converting or adjectives into verbs Devices to build cohesion, including adverbials of time, place and number Recognising vocabulary and structures that are appropriate for formal speech and writing, including subjunctive Using passive verbs to affect the presentation of information in a sentence Using the perfect form of verbs to mark relationships of time and cause Differences in informal and formal language Further cohesive devices such as grammatical connections and adverbials Use of ellipsis Using commas to clarify meaning or avoid ambiguity in writing Using brackets, dashes or commas to indicate parenthesis Using hyphens to avoid ambiguity
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