Language, Style & Conventions — Chapter overview · English 8: Trust, Community & Responsibility, Grade 8
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 trust, community & responsibility?
Units in this chapter
- Unit 7.1 · Active & Passive Voice
I can identify whether a sentence is written in active or passive voice.
- Unit 7.2 · Verb Moods
I can identify the mood of a verb: indicative, imperative, interrogative, conditional, or subjunctive.
- Unit 7.3 · Punctuation: Comma, Dash & Ellipsis
I can use commas, dashes, and ellipses correctly to create pauses, breaks, or emphasis in a sentence.
- Unit 7.4 · Vocabulary in Context
I can use context clues to figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word.