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

©2003 Pearson Education Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers. 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 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

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

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