Academic Language Functions - Purposes of Language: Compare, Order, Classify, Analyze, Infer, Justify & Persuade, Solve Problems, Synthesize, and Evaluate.
Examples of Discourse:Writing narrative texts, constructing argument texts, interpreting graphic representations, and composing essays
Examples of Syntax: Ordinal numbers to sequence events, sentence structure for metaphors or analogies, rhyming or word patterns for poetry, simple to complex sentences in essay writing.