Clarity
Be, seem, and appear are examples of this type of verb.
What is a linking verb?
There are, here is, and it was are examples of this construction.
What is an expletive?
Through the specific study of grace in this course, students will gain a greater appreciation of how they can help writers become more eloquent is an example of this kind of sentence, grammatically speaking.
What is a simple sentence?
This term refers to flow at the sentence level.
What is cohesion?
Keep this shape in mind when doing a structural edit.
What is an inverted pyramid/triangle?
In the sentence, The board agreed that layoffs were unavoidable, the verb agreed is in this voice.
What is active voice?
The purpose of the study is to examine the effectiveness of marketing blogs published on the internet without the benefit of editorial oversight is an example of this.
What is a prepositional phrase string?
Through the specific study of grace in this course, students will gain a greater appreciation of how they can help writers become more eloquent is an example of this kind of sentence, rhetorically speaking.
What is a periodic sentence?
For greater cohesion, sentences should begin with this kind of information.
What is old? (or familiar or simple).
When you begin a structural edit, read the document, then start with this.
What is an outline/timeline?
Activity, realization, and significance are examples of this type of noun.
What is a nominalization?
On Monday, a Saudi-led coalition apparently dropped bombs on a refugee camp in northern Yemen. It’s perfectly likely that, as they have admitted before, the Saudis may have used jet fighters that were made in the UK is an example of this.
What is hedging?
Stylistic editing is painstaking work; however, many editors enjoy it, and the results are worthwhile is this type of sentence, grammatically, functionally, and rhetorically speaking.
What are compound-complex, declarative, and loose?
Avoid using since or as to replace this transition.
What is because?
Graphics should be placed here, in relation to text in a document.
What is close to the relevant text?
Alumni achievement award recipients and position hazard assessment form/safety orientation are examples of this type of phrase.
What is a noun stack?
Unexpected surprise is an example of this.
What is a redundant modifier?
These are three of the strategies editors can use to eliminate gender bias from writing.
What are (1) using plural verbs, (2) using second-person pronouns, (3) omitting pronouns, (4) using pronouns against type, (5) repeating the noun, (6) using both masculine and feminine pronouns, and (7) replacing pronouns with gender-neutral nouns?
This sentence introduces the content of a paragraph, but it needn't come first.
What is a topic sentence?
These should be consistent, parallel in form, and have a clear hierarchy.
What are headings?
According to your textbook, the subject and verb in a sentence should align with these.
What are character and action?
Phrases like this report will examine and to summarize are examples of this.
What is metadiscourse?
These are the three components of graceful writing.
What are tone, unbiased language, and sentence variety?
These four techniques show transitions between ideas.
What are (1) using transitional expressions, (2) repeating key words and phrases, (3) using pronouns, and (4) using parallel form?
This describes the first line of a paragraph stranded at the bottom of a page, while this describes a word or line of text isolated at the top of a page.
What are orphan and widow?