Cayman Islands Writing Exemplar

AF6: 

Conventions

 – Write with technical accuracy of syntax and punctuation in phrases,  

clauses and sentences

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The author correctly uses fullstops , exclamation marks, or question marks at the end of each sentence and 

where appropriate. 

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The author consistently begins all sentences with capital letters and uses a capital “I” in all instances. 

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The author is beginning to use commas to mark clauses, as he/she marks the clause after each linking word. 

There is no evidence of a list within this text. 

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The author attempts to use quotation marks to show internal thoughts, but does not use closing quotation marks.