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Assignment Developing a Lively Style ■ use specific, descriptive verbs ■ use specific, precise modifiers that help the reader see, hear, or feel what you are describing ■ emphasize people when possible ■ vary your sentence style ■ avoid overuse of any one kind of construction in the same sentence ■ don’t change your point of view between or within sentences
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Chapter 6Effective Sentences
■SummaryDeveloping a Clear Style ■ give your sentences content ■ make your sentences specific ■ avoid overpacking your sentences ■ fix fragments ■ pay attention to word order ■ avoid mixed constructions and faulty predication
Practicing What You’ve Learned, P.125Developing a Concise Style ■ avoid deadwood constructions ■ avoid redundancy ■ carefully consider your passive verbs ■ avoid pretentiousness
Practicing What You’ve Learned, P.131
AssignmentDeveloping a Lively Style ■ use specific, descriptive verbs ■ use specific, precise modifiers that help the reader see, hear, or feel what you are describing ■ emphasize people when possible ■ vary your sentence style ■ avoid overuse of any one kind of construction in the same sentence ■ don’t change your point of view between or within sentences