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Grammar and Syntax
Wordiness
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Avoiding Pleonasms
Beware of the Use of Expletives
Avoiding Cliches and other Unnecessarily Long Phrases
Be Aware of the Use of Passive Voice
Practice!
Paraprashing
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Steps to Effective Paraphrasing
Examples of Paraphrasing
Practice on Your Own!!!
Further Resources
Idea Development
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Pre-Writing
Organization
MLA In-Text Citation
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Why should I use in-text citations?
What does an in-text citation look like?
What are some rules of proper MLA in-text citation?
Punctuations
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The Comma
The Colon
The Period or Full Stop
The Interrogation or Question Mark
The Exclamation Mark
The Dash
The Parenthesis
The Quotation Mark
The Period or Full Stop
The period, or full stop, is a punctuation mark
(.)
which is used to mark the end of a sentence.
Example:
I know that you would never break my trust intentionally.
Example:
He asked where his suitcase was