A few quick tips for proposals Cami Nelson, CLEAR Opening Development Concise writing Active voice Parallel construction.

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A few quick tips for proposals Cami Nelson, CLEAR Opening Development Concise writing Active voice Parallel construction

Opening sentence 1. This proposal is about making an oscilloscope. 2. This proposal prepares students to become engineers by making an apparatus with all of the parts that make up an oscilloscope. 3. This proposal describes the construction of a prototype $20 oscilloscope that students will use in grades five through 12 to learn about electronics.

Why should you conduct this project?

Explain topics (x, y, z) There are shortcomings in current kits: x, y, z. EMG’s are crucial to practicing global medicine because x, y, z. In order to x, y, z, the lab tests x,y about EMG’s.

Online grammar and style guide:

Concise Writing 1.Don’t bury the verb. 2.Eliminate redundancies. 3. Eliminate unneeded prepositions. Fix this sentence: In this paragraph is a demonstration of the use of good style in the writing of reports.

Active voice Use: This project measures The proposed solution creates

Parallel construction Make this construction parallel: -microcontroller -Tests control functions - accurate measurement of voltage