AC9E10LA05

Elaborations

• AC9E10LA05_E1recognising how the focus of a sentence can be changed through using the passive voice; for example, compare active “The police had caught the thief.” with passive “The thief had been caught.”
• AC9E10LA05_E2recognising how authors sometimes use verbless clauses for effect; for example, “And what about the other woman? With her dark glasses and briefcase.”
• AC9E10LA05_E3recognising that a sentence can begin with a coordinating conjunction for stylistic effect; for example, “And she went on planning how she would manage it.”