11: Clarity, Conciseness, and Style Last updated Save as PDF Page ID 20670 Athena Kashyap & Erika Dyquisto City College of San Francisco via ASCCC Open Educational Resources Initiative 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. 11.13: Key Takeaways