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Writing
Tips
The
WRITING TIPS section of The Electronic Writing Course contains a wealth of
editing advice from top editors and writers. This section offers plenty of
ideas and exercises for you to try. For example, the “Punctuating for Good
Style” shows you punctuation marks to insert or remove from your text to
improve the power and effectiveness of your writing style.
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COURSE
OUTLINE
I. OTHER WRITING TIPS
o Strong Verbs and Specific Nouns
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Tip: Always Try to Edit Ensure, Involve,
Provide and Undertake
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How StyleWriter Helps
> Exercises
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The Who-does-What? Order
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How StyleWriter Helps
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Related Topics
> Passive Verbs
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Exercises
o Editing Glue Words
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Tip: Edit That, Which, Will and Would
> Exercises
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Editing Heavy Words
> Quote
> Example
> Exercises
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Writing Topic Sentences
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Use Topic Sentences to Put your Key Information First
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Placing Adjectives and Adverbs
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Put Adjectives and Adverbs in their Place
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Exercises
o Adding Interest to
Style
> Choose Interesting Words
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Use Examples, Direct Questions and Analogies
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Punctuating for Good Style
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Use More Periods
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Tip: Don't Overuse Short Sentences
> Related Topic
> Sentence Length
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Use More Direct Questions
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Use More Quoted Speech
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Use More Dashes
> Avoid Using the Slash
> Avoid Using Parentheses
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Avoid Using Exclamation Points
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Punctuating for Good Style Exercises
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Using Good Layout
> Tip: How to Set Out Headings
o Using Lists
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Tip: Punctuating Lists Consistently
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Keeping Writing Parallel
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Cutting your Connections
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Tip: Repeat Nouns and Verbs to Link Paragraphs
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Thinking Positively
> Quote
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Learning from the Professionals
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Example from the Economist Magazine
> Related Topic
> Workshop News Report
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