Strong Writing
These kinds of sentences go on and on and can get boring and confusing.
Long sentences
Number of sources you should use at the very least
3
The pronoun ______ is always capitalized.
I
The most important sentence in the essay ends your intro. That sentence is your
thesis statement
Every body paragraph begins with a ___
topic sentence
Which voice in writing puts the object of the sentence as the subject and usually makes the sentence sound weak?
Passive voice
A reason why you can't use just one source is that then you may be using information that is
wrong or unverified.
Never use double ____________
negatives
Anecdotes, shocking facts, quotes, and statistics are all types of
attention getters/grabbers
Your topic sentence should sound a lot like your
thesis statement
Using the more than one word together that mean the same thing makes the language ____ and is poor writing.
redundant
What web site can't use use in research?
Wikipedia
Use ____________ around words people say and titles of shorter works like songs and short stories.
Quotation marks
The thesis statement acts as a __________ for your paper.
road map/plan
Each body paragraph should be about how many ideas?
1
One way to use more exciting writing is to look words up in the ____
thesaurus
You must have at least the web site name, the web page name, and ________ when you are documenting your source.
date you visited the site
Watch out for homonyms because they sound _____, but mean something _______.
the same/alike different
The three things in your thesis statement are ___
Each body paragraph should end with a ______ which takes you to the next idea.
transition
An old phrase like 'the apple doesn't fall far from the tree' that has been used for years and can make your writing boring is a _____
cliche
You should always take ________ notes than you think you will need.
more
Never use ___________ like gonna or u instead of you in your school work.
slang
You prove your claim with your
points/evidence
your own words