6: Clarity and Style
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- 111528
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- 6.1: Academic Style
- This page covers and defines what strong academic writing and style is.
- 6.2: Punctuation and Style
- This page covers some of the more obscure style punctuation rules.
- 6.3: Capitalization
- This page covers common capitalization rules that students may mistake.
- 6.4: Commonly Confused Words
- This page covers words that students commonly misspell or misuse.
- 6.5: Word Choice
- This page covers many different aspects of word choice with particular emphasis on slang and strong verbs.
- 6.6: Sentence Focus
- This page provides practice on writing and editing clear, focused sentences and covers common mistakes.
- 6.7: Coordination and Subordination
- This page covers coordinators, subordinators (subordinating conjunctions), and transitional adverbs -- how to use the and their punctuation.
- 6.8: Appositives, Adjective Clauses, Verbals
- This page covers appositives, verbal phrases, and relative/adjective clauses.
- 6.9: Active vs. Passive Voice
- This page covers active and passive voice with a number of activities.
- 6.10: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
- The page covers how to avoid or fix dangling or misplaced modifiers.
- 6.11: Sentence Variety
- This page provides instruction and practice on how to vary and develop your sentences using various descriptive phrase and clause strucutres.
- 6.12: Relative Clauses
- This page provides specific instruction and practice on using relative clauses, also known as adjective clauses.
- 6.14: Grammar
- This chapter covers grammar topics.
- 6.14.1: Grammar Introduction
- 6.14.2: Spelling
- 6.14.3: Word Order and Sentence Structure
- 6.14.4: Questions and Negative Statements
- 6.14.5: Word Form
- 6.14.6: Verbs and Verb Tense
- 6.14.7: Modal Auxiliaries
- 6.14.8: Other Verb-Like Words and Their Functions
- 6.14.9: Count-Noncount (Collective) Nouns
- 6.14.10: Articles
- 6.14.11: Pronouns
- 6.14.12: Apostrophes- Posession and Contractions
- 6.14.13: Subject-Verb Agreement
- 6.14.14: Adjectives and Adverbs
- 6.14.15: Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
- 6.14.16: Commas
- 6.14.17: Semicolons, Colons, Question Marks, and Exclamation Marks
- 6.14.18: Clause Joining and Punctuation
- 6.14.19: Extra Punctuation Practice
- 6.14.20: Run-On Sentences and Fragments
- 6.14.21: Grammatical Parallelism
- 6.14.22: Standard American English Practice Exercises
- 6.14.23: Extra Grammar Practice with Verbs