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CXC CSEC English Language Syllabus
The complete CXC CSEC English Language specification mapped to 65 topics. Click any topic for free revision notes and practice questions.
Cloze Passages
Grammar and Vocabulary
Descriptive Writing
People, Places and Events
Expository Writing
Explaining and Informing
Extended Response to Reading
Analysis and Evaluation
Figurative Language
Identification and Interpretation
Formal Letter Writing
Conventions and Purpose
Grammatical Structures
Parts of Speech
Punctuation
Commas, Full Stops, Colons, Semicolons, Apostrophes, Inverted Commas
Identification and Correct Use
Reading Comprehension
Distinguishing Fact from Opinion
Identification of Main Idea and Supporting Details
Inference and Implied Meaning
Summary Skills and Note-Making
Vocabulary in Context
Report Writing
Format and Language
Review Writing
Critical Evaluation of Text or Event
Speech Writing
Structure and Persuasive Techniques
Standard English vs Creole and Dialect
Awareness and Code-Switching
Text Organisation
Cohesion and Coherence
Usage and Grammar
Clauses and Phrases (noun, adjective, adverbial)
Degrees of Comparison (adjectives and adverbs)
Idiomatic Expressions and Phrasal Verbs
Sentence Errors — Fragments, Run-ons, Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers
Sentence Structure — Simple, Compound, Complex and Compound-Complex Sentences
Subject-Verb Agreement
Tense Consistency and Correct Verb Forms
All topics
Active and Passive Voice
Argumentative and Persuasive Writing
Article Writing for Newspapers and Magazines
Author's Purpose, Tone and Attitude
Caribbean Literature and Cultural Context
Character Analysis and Development
Clarity, Coherence and Cohesion in Writing
Comprehension and Summary
Direct and Indirect (Reported) Speech
Distinguishing Fact from Opinion
Editing and Proofreading for Errors
Expressive Writing
Grammar and Usage
Identifying Main Idea and Supporting Details
Imaginative Writing
Inference and Interpretation from Unseen Passages
Informal Letter and Personal Correspondence
Interpreting and Responding to Poetry
Interpreting and Responding to Prose Extracts
Interpreting Visual and Graphic Stimuli (Cartoons, Diagrams, Tables)
Introductions and Conclusions in Extended Writing
Narrative Point of View and Narrative Voice
Oral Communication
Paragraph Construction and Coherence
Persuasive and Argumentative Writing
Planning, Drafting and Organising Written Work
Pronoun Reference and Agreement
Purpose, Audience and Context across Text Types
Reflective and Personal Writing
Spelling and Word Formation
Summarising and Note-Making
Synonyms, Antonyms and Word Relationships
Themes and Issues in Literary Texts
Tone, Voice and Style Appropriate to Purpose and Audience
Transformation of Sentences
Use of Prepositions and Conjunctions
Vocabulary and Word Meaning
Writing Skills
Writing with Appropriate Register and Tone
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