org/10.M65/amr.2012.0165 EDITOR’S COMMENTS: REFLECTIONS ON THE CRAFT OF CLEAR WRITING Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time‚ or even the third time. Remember this in moments of despair. If you find that writing is hard‚ it’s because it is hard (Zinsser‚ 2006: 9). Most of us struggle with our writing. We thrash and hack our way through paragraphs‚ writing and editing and rewriting until we think we’ve made some progress on that God-forsaken
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communicating with other people. Even though Tannen‚ Munoz‚ and Tan show many differences about the impact of language on their lives‚ they are extremely similar in their writing styles‚ in their approaches‚ and in their overall theme. One area of similarity of Tannen‚ Munoz and Tan’s essays is in their styles of writing. The first writing style that these three authors share is descriptive. All of the writers share their story using the descriptive approach telling their story with great detail. An example
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CHAPTER 4: WRITING SENTENCE PATTERNS One of the marks of good writer is the ability to use a variety of sentence types. The simple sentence is an important weapon to have in your writing task‚ but it is limited in the ways it can be used an in the jobs it can perform. Compound and complex sentences give you additional alternatives for expressing ideas‚ usually in more precise ways. Simple Sentence A Simple sentence is a sentence that has only one independent clause. It expresses one
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Writing Simply Is it Possible to Write "Clearly and Simply"? The task of writing clearly and simply has never been either clear or simple. In fact‚ it can be one of the most difficult of all writing tasks. Clear and simple writing is an art to which many aspire and few achieve. Even so‚ the understandability of web content depends upon clear and simple writing. Unclear or confusing writing is an accessibility barrier to all readers‚ but can be especially difficult for people with reading disorders
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Justin Martinelli Effective Writing Dr. Coniglio 3/28/14 The beginning of my senior year‚ towards the end of 2012 was a very tough time for me‚ my classmates‚ and the people in my community. The first horrible tragedy happened when we lost a tenth grade student from our school to suicide. Not even two months later‚ a freshman girl committed suicide as well. This was an awful time for our community and it was very hard to overcome. These two tragic deaths were the result of bullying. Bullying is
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2013 12:00:00 PM EST. Research business communication customs on any country other than the USA. After researching the communication customs of the country you chose‚ post information that you feel is important about customs of that country to share with the class. Such as: 1) What does one need to be aware of to conduct business and communicate in this country? 2) What topics to avoid in conversation? 3) Business traditions/customs (i.e.- dress; gift giving; business cards‚ gender roles‚ etc
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Writing Experience Writing has always been an in between subject for me. Writing isn’t my favorite but it also isn’t my least. When writing‚ repetition has been an issue for me‚ I have been working on that‚ and my voice throughout my years of writing. I hope this class will help me even further my work and I’m excited to learn new things to better my writing. I am surrounded my writing and so it’s probably a good idea to learn more about it and strengthen my writing skills. I never knew how much
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Writing has a huge impact on most people. People love to write everyday. I believe writing is a gateway for people to express themselves beside talking. Writing helps to relieve stress‚ gather thoughts‚ and simply have fun. Although writing took a big role in some people’s life‚ it was a challenge in my life. my relationship with writing has been tough and difficult throughout my life. I was never a fan of writing while growing up. It was always hard for me to write essays‚research papers‚ and
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Research Paper Template Your name: Irma Zamora Your Capella email address: IZAMORA@CAPELLAUNIVERSITY.EDU The course number: BUS3004 Instructor name: Kevin Krier Date submitted: 02/08/2013 Title of your paper: Increase in Profit Margin Introduction This paper will address what many companies have done in order to increase profit margins‚ within the company. In this introduction‚ there will be enough information to bring the curious reader‚ to continue reading and find many of the answers‚ to what
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Many have a dream of a creative writing career. You may dream of writing the great American novel‚ or becoming the next Poe. If you are serious about becoming a writer‚ there are several things you should do and keep in mind. Write everyday as much as you can. Writing is not like riding a bike. If you stop writing and go back to it 5 years later‚ you probably won’t be nearly as good‚ let alone better. If you want to become a great writer you have to practice all the time. That means everyday. That
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