Year 10 English Skills () « All Years

Australian & NZ curriculum aligned. Master each skill by earning 10 stars across 3 difficulty levels.

  1. Advanced Grammar & Syntax

    1. Analyse syntactic choices and their effects
    2. Identify and use nominative absolutes
    3. Identify and use appositives in complex texts
    4. Syntactic parallelism in academic writing
    5. Sentence variety for effect
    6. Correct errors in complex-compound sentences
    7. Subjunctive mood in formal writing
    8. Strategic use of active and passive voice
    9. Resolve sentence-level ambiguity
    10. Mixed advanced grammar review

  2. Semantic Precision & Vocabulary

    1. Connotation and denotation in sophisticated texts
    2. Identify euphemism and dysphemism
    3. Identify jargon and technical language
    4. Replace vague language with precise alternatives
    5. Identify and use academic vocabulary
    6. Identify semantic fields in texts
    7. Figurative vs literal language
    8. Correct malapropisms and misused words
    9. Vocabulary precision in arguments
    10. Mixed semantic precision review

  3. Complex Punctuation

    1. Semicolons and colons in sophisticated sentences
    2. Punctuate embedded quotations
    3. Use em-dashes for dramatic effect
    4. Punctuate complex lists with semicolons
    5. Ellipsis in academic writing
    6. Punctuate titles and references
    7. Correct advanced punctuation errors
    8. Mixed complex punctuation review

  4. Rhetorical Devices

    1. Identify antithesis and its persuasive effect
    2. Identify anaphora and epistrophe
    3. Identify tricolon in speeches
    4. Identify litotes and understatement
    5. Analyse rhetorical appeals in complex texts
    6. Identify logical fallacies
    7. Evaluate persuasive effectiveness
    8. Identify and analyse satire
    9. Identify tone shifts in persuasive texts
    10. Mixed rhetorical devices review

  5. Advanced Literary Techniques

    1. Analyse extended metaphor in literature
    2. Identify motif and recurring symbolism
    3. Identify foreshadowing and flashback
    4. Analyse narrative perspective and its effect
    5. Analyse tone and mood
    6. Identify allegory
    7. Identify paradox and oxymoron
    8. Analyse the effect of imagery
    9. Identify intertextuality and allusion
    10. Mixed advanced literary techniques review

  6. Critical Literacy & Media

    1. Identify bias in news and media
    2. Distinguish credible from unreliable sources
    3. Identify propaganda techniques in modern media
    4. Analyse how images and text work together
    5. Identify selection and omission in media
    6. Evaluate evidence quality in arguments
    7. Identify stereotyping and generalisation
    8. Identify framing and positioning
    9. Analyse how language constructs identity
    10. Mixed critical literacy review

  7. Academic Language

    1. Identify and use hedging language
    2. Identify academic register markers
    3. Formal academic vs informal equivalents
    4. Advanced nominalisation in academic writing
    5. Identify and use reporting verbs
    6. Paraphrase without plagiarism
    7. Discourse markers in academic writing
    8. Write topic sentences for academic paragraphs
    9. Mixed academic language review

  8. Proofreading & Editing

    1. Correct errors in academic writing
    2. Edit for conciseness in formal texts
    3. Correct parallel structure errors (advanced)
    4. Correct tense and aspect errors in narratives
    5. Correct pronoun ambiguity
    6. Edit for tone consistency
    7. Correct complex subject-verb agreement
    8. Proofread for cohesion
    9. Edit for appropriate register
    10. Mixed proofreading mastery review

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