11: Clarity, Conciseness, and Style
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- 20670
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- 11.1: Academic Style
- This page covers and defines what strong academic writing and style is.
- 11.2: Punctuation and Style
- This page covers some of the more obscure style punctuation rules.
- 11.3: Capitalization
- This page covers common capitalization rules that students may mistake.
- 11.4: Commonly Confused Words
- This page covers words that students commonly misspell or misuse.
- 11.5: Word Choice
- This page covers many different aspects of word choice with particular emphasis on slang and strong verbs.
- 11.6: Sentence Focus
- This page provides practice on writing and editing clear, focused sentences and covers common mistakes.
- 11.7: Coordination and Subordination
- This page covers coordinators, subordinators (subordinating conjunctions), and transitional adverbs -- how to use the and their punctuation.
- 11.8: Appositives, Adjective Clauses, Verbals
- This page covers appositives, verbal phrases, and relative/adjective clauses.
- 11.9: Active vs. Passive Voice
- This page covers active and passive voice with a number of activities.
- 11.10: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
- The page covers how to avoid or fix dangling or misplaced modifiers.
- 11.11: Sentence Variety
- This page provides instruction and practice on how to vary and develop your sentences using various descriptive phrase and clause strucutres.
- 11.12: Relative Clauses
- This page provides specific instruction and practice on using relative clauses, also known as adjective clauses.