Emphasis without overstatement

Strengthen an important point through structure and word choice while keeping the claim accurate.

Lessons

10 available items
  1. 1

    Emphasis without overstatement

    Strengthen an important point through structure and word choice while keeping the claim accurate.

  2. 2

    Highlighting an important finding · Choosing emphasis proportionate to the finding

    Choosing emphasis proportionate to the finding in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

  3. 3

    Highlighting an important finding · Avoiding presenting a limited improvement as a complete transformation

    Avoiding presenting a limited improvement as a complete transformation in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

  4. 4

    Emphasis through specificity · Replacing general adjectives with a concrete detail

    Replacing general adjectives with a concrete detail in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

  5. 5

    Emphasis through specificity · Choosing a detail that justifies priority

    Choosing a detail that justifies priority in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

  6. 6

    Using deliberate repetition · Using repetition to clarify a criterion

    Using repetition to clarify a criterion in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

  7. 7

    Using deliberate repetition · Avoiding repetition that substitutes for an argument

    Avoiding repetition that substitutes for an argument in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

  8. 8

    Emphasising the limits of a promise · Combining confidence with a defined scope

    Combining confidence with a defined scope in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

  9. 9

    Emphasising the limits of a promise · Making a promise that can be checked

    Making a promise that can be checked in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

  10. 10

    Establishing the importance of a final point · Choosing a structure that carries emphasis

    Choosing a structure that carries emphasis in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

Reading

5 available items
  1. 1

    Highlighting an important finding

    A bilingual reading that brings this unit's language together in context.

  2. 2

    Emphasis through specificity

    A bilingual reading that brings this unit's language together in context.

  3. 3

    Using deliberate repetition

    A bilingual reading that brings this unit's language together in context.

  4. 4

    Emphasising the limits of a promise

    A bilingual reading that brings this unit's language together in context.

  5. 5

    Establishing the importance of a final point

    A bilingual reading that brings this unit's language together in context.

Writing

2 available items
  1. 1

    Adapt the situation using new details · Highlighting an important finding

    A 69–109 word writing task with a model and self-review.

  2. 2

    Summarise the situation and add a suitable response · Establishing the importance of a final point

    A 59–99 word writing task with a model and self-review.

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