PART SIX THE VISUAL GUIDE TO COLLEGE COMPOSITION

  • Slides: 5
Download presentation
PART SIX THE VISUAL GUIDE TO COLLEGE COMPOSITION © 2003 Pearson Education Inc. ,

PART SIX THE VISUAL GUIDE TO COLLEGE COMPOSITION © 2003 Pearson Education Inc. , publishing as Longman Publishers. JOANNA LEAKE * JAMES KNUDSEN Power. Point by Katherine Knapp Grubbs University of Maryland at College Park

DEVELOPING STYLE • Become more aware of your style • How you write will

DEVELOPING STYLE • Become more aware of your style • How you write will affect the impact of your essay on your reader • Focus on the sentence first to create a more effective personal writing style © 2003 Pearson Education Inc. , publishing as Longman Publishers.

STRATEGIES To Spice Up Your Writing Style © 2003 Pearson Education Inc. , publishing

STRATEGIES To Spice Up Your Writing Style © 2003 Pearson Education Inc. , publishing as Longman Publishers. • Look at the sentence variety • Vary sentence patterns: simple, compound, complex • Combine sentences to make more interesting ones • Avoid repetitive structures • Explore different opinions • Use examples • Repeat words, use ideas in previous paragraphs as transitions

DANGER ZONES To Avoid © 2003 Pearson Education Inc. , publishing as Longman Publishers.

DANGER ZONES To Avoid © 2003 Pearson Education Inc. , publishing as Longman Publishers. • Cliches—expressions that have become stale • Avoid wordiness and repetition • Don’t use the passive voice • Be alert to misplaced modifiers, nonparallel construction

Visit the Companion Website to The Visual Guide to College Composition © 2003 Pearson

Visit the Companion Website to The Visual Guide to College Composition © 2003 Pearson Education Inc. , publishing as Longman Publishers. http: //www. ablongman. com/leake