Deadwood Phrases

Deadwood Phrases

Deadwood Phrases. Writing should be concise and succinct. In Elements of Style, writing expert William Strunk says, A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no.

Project 2- Sentence Combining

Project 2- Sentence Combining

Project 2- Sentence Combining. For this assignment, you will be asked to apply various strategies for creating more thoughtful and intricate sentences. You will first have to analyze the sentence structure and variety used by the author in a given reading.

How to Introduce Your Concrete Details/Evidence

How to Introduce Your Concrete Details/Evidence

TRANSITION WORDS. To improve your writing you need to make sure that your ideas, both in sentences and paragraphs, stick together or have coherence and that the gap between ideas is bridged smoothly. One way to do this is by using transitions - words.

Peer-Editing Worksheet for Expository Essay

Peer-Editing Worksheet for Expository Essay

Peer-Editing Worksheet for Expository Essay. R. W. Cooper, Instructor. 1.Have your partner read your paper out loud to you. If he or she (or you!) cannot understand what is being said, change the paper at this time so that your message is clear. Correct.

Verbal Visual Essay Rubric

Verbal Visual Essay Rubric

Verbal Visual Essay Rubric. TOTAL writing/20media/20.

In-Text Citations: the Basics

In-Text Citations: the Basics

Works Cited Page: Books. The MLA Style Manual provides extensive examples of print source citations in chapter six; the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers provides extensive examples covering a wide variety of potential sources in chapter six.

MLA In-Text Citations

MLA In-Text Citations

MLA In-Text Citations. MLA in-text citations are made with a combination of signal phrases and parenthetical references. A signal phrase indicates that something taken from a source (quotation, summary, paraphrase, or fact) is about to be used; usually.

Learning to Write Vs

Learning to Write Vs

Learning-to-Write (LTW). vs. Writing-to-Learn (WTL). Clyde Moneyhun, Department of English. Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) specialists make a distinction between learning-to-write (LTW) and writing-to-learn (WTL) classes, emphases, and activities.

Writing a Good Conclusion Paragraph

Writing a Good Conclusion Paragraph

Writing a Good Conclusion Paragraph. A good place to start is by looking at what each paragraph was about. For example, if you write a paper about zoo animals, each paragraph would probably be about one particular animal. In your conclusion, you should.

College Application: Multi-Paragraph Essay

College Application: Multi-Paragraph Essay

Name:CP English 12. Period:College Application Essay. College Application: Multi-paragraph Essay. Due Dates: If you are absent, you are still responsible for all due dates. No late work is accepted for any of the due dates. Pre-Writing Guide (10 points): ______. Pre-Writing guide on following pages.

Rhode Island Adult Education Content Standards December 2007 CONVEY IDEAS in WRITING

Rhode Island Adult Education Content Standards December 2007 CONVEY IDEAS in WRITING

Rhode Island Adult Education Content Standards December 2007 CONVEY IDEAS IN WRITING. When exiting each level, adult learners are able to draw from the following sets of knowledge, skills, and strategies during the reading process. STANDARD: Convey Ideas in Writing.

How to Read Literature Like a Professor Project

How to Read Literature Like a Professor Project

How to Read Literature Like a Professor Project. This book is designed to help you delve into literature and explore multiple meanings when reading literary works. You will learn to see and understand symbols, archetypes, and patterns in literature. The.

Concise Writing Practice

Concise Writing Practice

Concise Writing Practice. The goal of concise writing is to use the most effective words. Concise writing does not always have the fewest words, but it always uses the strongest ones. Writers often fill sentences with weak or unnecessary words that can.

Essay Reading Essay Example

Essay Reading Essay Example

Essay Reading/Analytical Essay Example Two Weeks With The Queen. The following essay is an analytical essay on the novel, Two Weeks With The Queen by Morris Glietzman. It is a narrative conventions essay. Sometimes analytical essays will ask you to focus.

Referencing Internet and Electronic Sources

Referencing Internet and Electronic Sources

Quick study guide 27Referencing internet and electronic sources. Information obtained from electronic or online sources must be correctly referenced. There are conventions for citing material from the Internet, CD-ROMS, electronic journals and databases.

Examples of Templates for Position Papers

Examples of Templates for Position Papers

Examples of Templates for Position Papers. From A Short Course on Writing by Kenneth A. Bruffee. Bruffee suggests writing an essay from the inside out by writing the proposition first and then the body that supports the proposition. Save the introduction.