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Gentle Writing Advice… презентация
Содержание
- 1. Gentle Writing Advice…
- 2. Note: This presentation is animated. Please
- 3. Use ACTIVE VOICE Do:
- 4. ?Do: Use Active
- 5. ?Do: Use Active Voice
- 6. Appeal to the audience Do:
- 7. ?Do: Appeal to the audience Comedians make
- 8. Proofread your work Do:
- 9. ?Do: Proofread for errors Errors hurt communication of ideas.
- 10. Run spell-check to catch typographical errors.
- 11. ? Do: Write Concise Sentences
- 12. ?Do: Write concise sentences Use fewer prepositions
- 13. ?Do: Write concise sentences Use fewer
- 14. ?Do: Write concise sentences No? The
- 15. ? Do: Vary Sentence Length
- 16. ? Do: Vary your sentence length Use
- 17. ? Do: Follow Assignment Guidelines
- 18. ?Do: Follow all assignment guidelines Instructors expect
- 19. ? Do: Use concrete, vivid descriptions
- 20. ?Do: Use concrete, vivid descriptions The pigsty example…
- 21. ?Do: Use concrete, vivid descriptions Imagine someone
- 22. ?Do: Use concrete, vivid descriptions Pigsty? What does that mean?
- 23. ?Do: Use concrete, vivid descriptions People have
- 24. ?Do: Use concrete, vivid descriptions When
- 25. ?Do: Use concrete, vivid descriptions Pigsty =
- 26. Pigsty = Ten years of brittle, yellowed
- 27. Academic Writing Don’ts Gentle Writing Advice…
- 28. ? Do not: Use clichés
- 29. ?Do not: Use clichés “Beating around the bush”
- 30. ?Do not: Use clichés “Everything happens for a reason”
- 31. ?Do not: Use clichés “Dead as a doornail”
- 32. ?Do not: Use clichés Don’t judge a
- 33. ? Do not: Make announcements to the reader
- 34. ?Do not: Make announcements “In this essay I will…”
- 35. ? Do not: Address the reader as “YOU”
- 36. ? Do not: Use “you” Q: What’s
- 37. ? Do not: Use “you” Who, ME?
- 38. ? Do not: Use “you” Who, ME?
- 39. ? Do not: Use “you” Who, ME?
- 40. YOU ? Do not: Use “you”
- 41. ? Do not: Use “There are”/ “There is”
- 42. ?Do not: Use Weak Fillers Weak Fillers=
- 43. No? There are many different classes offered
- 44. No? It is necessary for employees to
- 45. ? Do not: Say “I think” or “I feel” or “in my opinion”
- 46. ?Do Not: Say “I think” or “I
- 47. ?Do Not: Say “I think” or “I
- 48. ? Do not: Use 5th grade words
- 49. ?Do not: Use 5th grade words AVOID
- 50. Thing / Things Many things in the
- 51. AVOID the words: get /got
- 52. Get / Got John got
- 53. AVOID the word: hard (difficult, frustrating,
- 54. Hard The final exam was hard.
- 55. AVOID the words: alot (a lot)
- 56. AVOID the words: stuff (possessions, boxes
- 57. ? Do not: Use “very”
- 58. ?Do not: Use “very” “Very” adds nothing
- 59. His skin was very dry. His
- 60. If someone is confused, he/she is confused.
- 61. Use a stronger word and avoid “very” Very tired Exhausted ?Do not: Use “very”
- 62. And finally, avoid the worst opening
- 63. This one line will destroy any
- 64. Ready…? (I had to force my fingers to type these words...cringe…)
- 65. In today’s society, …
- 66. Or worse… “In today’s society, there are many reasons why…”
- 67. Remember to apply these Do’s &
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Слайд 4
?Do: Use Active Voice
subject
verb
subject
verb
Active voice = the subject does the action:
The cat shredded the toilet paper.
The students planned the ceremony.
Tonya cooked dinner.
Слайд 5
?Do: Use Active Voice
Passive voice = the subject receives action:
The
toilet paper was shredded by the cat.
The ceremony was planned by the students .
Dinner was cooked by Tonya.
The ceremony was planned by the students .
Dinner was cooked by Tonya.
Слайд 7?Do: Appeal to the audience
Comedians make everyday topics appealing to an
audience.
Anticipate the reader’s reactions to each section of your essay.
Anticipate the reader’s reactions to each section of your essay.
Слайд 10Run spell-check to catch typographical errors.
Poor grammar will hurt your
grade in most classes.
?Do: Proofread for errors
Слайд 14?Do: Write concise sentences
No? The type of student in ENG 112
class is one who writes essays that are formal and academic.
Yes? An ENG 112 student writes formal, academic essays.
Yes? An ENG 112 student writes formal, academic essays.
Слайд 16? Do: Vary your sentence length
Use short sentences to emphasize important
ideas.
Long long long long long long long long long long long long long; long, long long long long. Short short short short. Long long long long long long long long long long long long.
Long long long long long long long long long long long long long; long, long long long long. Short short short short. Long long long long long long long long long long long long.
Give your audience occasional breaks from long sentences.
Слайд 18?Do: Follow all assignment guidelines
Instructors expect students to follow all assignment
guidelines.
I think I’ll just make up my own assignment!
Bad idea!!
Слайд 21?Do: Use concrete, vivid descriptions
Imagine someone saying, “Wow, your place is
a real pigsty!”
Слайд 24
?Do: Use concrete, vivid descriptions
When writing, merely saying, “The room was
a pigsty” is not enough to convince your audience that you do indeed have a true pigsty on your hands.
Слайд 25?Do: Use concrete, vivid descriptions
Pigsty = the room had not been
vacuumed or dusted in a week.
Pigsty = 3 rumpled outfits on the bed and a spilled make-up bag on the dresser
Pigsty = 3 rumpled outfits on the bed and a spilled make-up bag on the dresser
FACT: Not all pigsties are created equal.
Слайд 26Pigsty = Ten years of brittle, yellowed papers were piled on
the floor.
Pizza boxes created makeshift tables for stacks of moldy fried chicken bones.
The furniture dancing with insects, and each drawer had a beard of dust.
Pizza boxes created makeshift tables for stacks of moldy fried chicken bones.
The furniture dancing with insects, and each drawer had a beard of dust.
?Do: Use concrete, vivid descriptions
Слайд 32?Do not: Use clichés
Don’t judge a book by its cover
Last
but not least
What goes around comes around
Sick as a dog
Sweet as honey
Old as the hills
(Many clichés exist…
these are just examples)
What goes around comes around
Sick as a dog
Sweet as honey
Old as the hills
(Many clichés exist…
these are just examples)
Слайд 36? Do not: Use “you”
Q: What’s wrong with “YOU”?
A: It
does not apply to everyone, and therefore writers exclude many of their readers.
Слайд 37? Do not: Use “you”
Who, ME?
When you
put on your
fluffy wings, you feel at peace.
The snowflakes hitting
your body
make you
feel pretty and sparkly.
The snowflakes hitting
your body
make you
feel pretty and sparkly.
Слайд 38? Do not: Use “you”
Who, ME?
Seeing a sign like this
makes you wonder why people would dislike you just because you are a shaven head child pick pocket.
Perhaps you should wear a disguise so you don’t look like the picture on the sign.
Perhaps you should wear a disguise so you don’t look like the picture on the sign.
Слайд 39? Do not: Use “you”
Who, ME?
When you pose for a
family portrait in Winnie the Pooh costumes, you may be surprised at the reactions people have to your photo….
Слайд 42?Do not: Use Weak Fillers
Weak Fillers=
There are
There
were
There is
There was
This is
This was
It is
It was
There is
There was
This is
This was
It is
It was
Слайд 43No? There are many different classes offered at TCC.
Yes? TCC
offers many different classes.
?Do not: Use Weak Fillers
Слайд 44No? It is necessary for employees to lock their desks.
Yes? Employees
must lock their desks.
?Do not: Use Weak Fillers
It
is
Слайд 46?Do Not: Say “I think” or “I feel” or “in my
opinion”
If your name is on the paper, your reader knows that any opinions expressed in it are yours.
Слайд 47?Do Not: Say “I think” or “I feel” or “in my
opinion”
No need to say? I think iguanas make great pets.
Just say? Iguanas make great pets.
Слайд 50Thing / Things
Many things in the room look dirty.
I studied the
wrong thing for the test.
We learned many things in class.
We learned many things in class.
items
information for the
facts
new ideas
Слайд 52Get / Got
John got many gifts for Christmas.
The ambulance got here quickly.
When I get back, we should talk.
Sophia got her shoes online.
received many
arrived
return,
bought
Слайд 54Hard
The final exam was hard.
Algebra is a hard subject
for me
difficult.
challenging subject for me.
frustrating, perplexing, complicated
Слайд 56AVOID the words:
stuff (possessions, boxes etc…)
mad (angry, upset, enraged)
?Do not: Use
5th grade words
Слайд 58?Do not: Use “very”
“Very” adds nothing to a description.
In order to
show intensity, use stronger words or figures of speech.
Слайд 59His skin was very dry.
His skin was so dry that
he looked like a shedding snake.
dry skin
very
very
?Do not: Use “very”
Слайд 60If someone is confused, he/she is confused.
(Adding “very” does not
change anything!)
?Do not: Use “very”
Слайд 62And finally, avoid the
worst opening line
ever written…
(unless your goal
is to present yourself as a dull, unsophisticated writer…)
Слайд 63 This one line will destroy any hope for impressing a
college professor with your essay…
It’s DOOM for any essay…
