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Grade 12 · Canadian Curriculum (General)
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View topicsGrade 12 English (ENG4U in Ontario) is a prerequisite for most Canadian university programs, including many outside the humanities, so it matters well beyond English specialists.
Students study complex literary and philosophical texts, engage with literary criticism, and produce a major independent research essay with a sustained original argument. The course also emphasizes the academic writing conventions first-year university assumes.
Curriculum Breakdown
Important Topics
- Advanced Literary StudyComplex texts analyzed for structure, ambiguity and competing readings.
- Literary CriticismEngaging with critical perspectives and using them in an argument.
- Independent Research EssayA major essay with an original thesis and sustained argument.
- Academic ConventionsCitation style, referencing and the writing habits university expects.
- Seminar PresentationPresenting and defending an interpretation to an academic audience.
- Style & PrecisionControl of voice, register and syntax in extended formal writing.
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