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Content description VCRAU081

Roman Alphabet Languages: F–10 Sequence / Levels 9 and 10 / Understanding / Systems of language
Content description
Analyse complex noun and verb forms, and recognise sentence structures and elements of grammar
Elaborations
  1. describing people and things using, for example:
    • a range of noun forms
    • acronyms and abbreviations
    • indicators of groups or plurals
    • terms of address
    • classifiers
  2. describing the qualities of people and things using, for example:
    • adjectives
    • comparatives and superlatives
  3. referring to abstract ideas
  4. indicating action using, for example:
    • the verb system
    • adverbs as modifiers
  5. referring to the past, present and future, and relating events in time using adverbs
  6. contrasting ideas using conjunctions
  7. indicating register using colloquial and formal language
  8. expressing opinions
  9. influencing others by persuading using superlatives, encouraging and advising
  10. evaluating
  11. expressing imagination by using imagery, metaphor and simile
  12. using idiomatic language and proverbs
  13. maintaining interaction using rhetorical devices and verbal fillers
  14. expressing emphasis
Code
VCRAU081
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