Language, Style & Conventions — Chapter overview · English 12: Complex Texts, Independent Inquiry & Public Voice, Grade 12
Edit a passage from your own draft for meaning, sentence boundaries, agreement, punctuation, word choice, and citation. Submit original and revised versions with explanations of six purposeful changes.
Chapter question
How can language, style & conventions help us examine complex texts, independent inquiry & public voice?
Units in this chapter
- Unit 7.1 · Advanced Syntax & Rhetorical Style
I can build sentences with named rhetorical schemes — parallelism, anaphora, antithesis, chiasmus, asyndeton, and polysyndeton — to shape emphasis, pace, and contrast.
- Unit 7.2 · Diction, Tone & Voice
I can choose precise, connotation-aware diction — weighing near-synonyms for their exact shade of meaning and feeling — to say exactly what I mean.
- Unit 7.3 · Conventions for College Writing
I can set and hold a register — the level of formality that fits my audience and purpose — using academic conventions of grammar, usage, and mechanics.
- Unit 7.4 · Vocabulary & Etymology
I can analyze the stacked Greek and Latin morphemes inside a complex word to triangulate its meaning, and use one root to unlock a whole family of related words.