Thursday, December 9, 2010

English 9, Thurs. Dec. 9

Superb work on your essays today in the library.

We will continue tomorrow.

Bring a completed typed (double spaced) draft to class Monday.

Tonight and this weekend, make stylistic edits.
Ensure: each body paragraph has 300 words, transitions. Each opinion is supported with evidence.
Use persuasive nouns to replace pronouns such as this, it, he, she
Find good synonyms for wolf. Check for present verb tense and no contractions.
Make sure each body paragraph has a strong concluding sentence followed by a transition sentence.
Next, review your verbs. Replace weak verbs with strong ones: emphasizes, reveals, portrays, depicts, elucidates, etc.
Use your thesaurus. Bonus for including words from our vocabulary list.

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