STYLE - main page

FORMAL and EXPOSITORY WRITING

• STRUNK'S ELEMENTS OF STYLE - on line

• ANALYZING POETRY AND PROSE: INTRODUCTORY SENTENCES
• A GOOD POETRY RESPONSE WILL...
• INTEGRATING QUOTATIONS
• THESIS STATEMENTS & TOPIC SENTENCES
• TIPS TO IMPROVE YOUR WRITING
• ADDING EMPHASIS

• TRANSITIONAL PHRASES

• USING ADVERBS

CREATIVE and NARRATIVE

• DIALOGUE RULES
• SHOW DON'T TELL
• How to improve "Show Don't Tell" description: Editing a student papers
  • "Romeo Slays Tybalt"
• REVISING DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPHS
• USING ADVERBS

LEADS:

• Thematic Leads
• Dialogue Leads
• Descriptive Leads -incl The Extended Metaphor
• Famous Leads

SENTENCE COMBINING STRATEGIES

• SENTENCE COMBINING
• COMBINING WITH PARTICIPLES
• USING PREPOSITIONS IN INTRO PHRASES
• COMBINING WITH ADJECTIVAL CLAUSES
• THE COMPLEX SENTENCE
• COMBINING WITH APPOSITIVES

WEBSITES

• PURDUE ONLINE WRITING LAB
• U. VIC. WRITER'S GUIDE
• U. MINN. CENTER FOR WRITING