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Sentence Combining With FANBOYS

March 4, 2017

When a writer fails to join sentences, it’s a twofold problem: the writing is choppy, making it less pleasant to read, and the connections between ideas are invisible to the reader, making it hard to construct meaning from the text. This kind of problem isn’t uncommon in student writing, but luckily, it’s a problem that can be solved using a variety of sentence combining tools.

In this post, I’m going to focus on the FANBOYS. … More Sentence Combining With FANBOYS

Your Friend the Thesis Statement

February 24, 2017

Sometimes…you are called upon to write a thing. Sometimes…the thing will have a central idea. Sometimes…you’ll want to make that central idea very clear to the reader early on in the thing. In these times, the thesis statement is your friend. So What the Hell is a Thesis Statement, Anyway? A thesis statement tells the … More Your Friend the Thesis Statement

Real Talk: Melissa McCartney

November 10, 2016

Ever wondered how your required college composition courses will benefit you once you’re in the “real world”? Ever wondered how important reading and writing skills are to engineers, artists, marketing experts, nurses, and entrepreneurs? I’ve started this series, Real Talk, to give professionals in a variety of industries a chance to share why reading and … More Real Talk: Melissa McCartney

Real Talk: Candida Lorenzana

November 3, 2016

Righting the writing wrongs of the world.