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 questions marks at the end of each sentence and 

where appropriate. 

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

capital letters for all proper nouns and acronyms. 

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The author consistently uses commas to mark most simple and complex clauses throughout the text and also 

when forming lists. 

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The author uses quotation marks and attempts to use related punctuation marks correctly. He/she also uses  

reported speech.