In the National 5 English Critical Reading assessment, you will be asked to comment on examples of language in an extract from a Scottish text you have previously studied (and elsewhere in the text).

The ACT English Test and the SAT Writing and Language Test assess test-takers in various conventions of standard English, such as punctuation, sentence structure and formation, and usage.

It might be because it's new information or because it's the most interesting or important part of a sentence. One way of giving emphasis is by changing the structure of a sentence and using ...