What are Advanced Language Skills?
By the time students begin to student the skills that we explore here, they are passing the advanced stage of language learning and are or are very close to being classified as fluent. The aptitudes that we investigate in this section have students begin to think critical about the uses of language and we work in a slightly more formal environment. Mastery of these skill is essential as student begin to learn how to write research papers and expository essays.
Alliteration
We explore this literary technique that authors use to make written work more vivid.
Cause and Effect
We practice the technique of determining why events may have occurred.
Compare and Contrast
We examine the similarities and differences between things and provide you with a technique to make it more fluid.
Context Clues
When you run into a word that you are not familiar with, use the words around it to help you determine the meaning.
Direct Objects
This is the who or what is receiving or enduring the action in the sentence.
Onomatopoeia
These are words that are associated with sounds like bam, oink, and pop.
Prepositional Phrases
The goal here is to make sure our sentences are properly placed.
Root Words
These words provide the foundation for many different other words and phrases.
Sentence Structure
It is a great deal more than the way in which the words are arranged.
Subjunctives
This is a verb form that expresses the desire for something or something that is imagined.
Symbolism
This is when something represents something else. Authors do this to draw deeper emotion out their work.