6: Style Revision Activity To add variety and and interest to your essay, apply the stylistic suggestions below. Scan your for the verbs in your thesis and your topic sentences. Make sure they are different in each instance. Refer to pages 38-40 of They Say, I Say for a list of signal verbs. Scan your essay for descriptive word choices. Scan your essay for the following verbs, and then replace them with action verbs: is are was Do an inventory of your sentences. You should have: a variety of sentence beginnings. a variety of sentence lengths. made use of the semicolon to increase sentence complexity. Use parallel structure in your essay at least once.
Activity 6: Style Revision To add variety and and interest to your essay, apply the stylistic suggestions below. Scan your for the verbs in your thesis and your topic sentences. Make sure they are different in each instance. Refer to pages 38-40 of They Say, I Say for a list of signal verbs. Scan your essay for descriptive word choices. Scan your essay for the following verbs, and then replace them with action verbs: is are was Do an inventory of your sentences. You should have: a variety of sentence beginnings. a variety of sentence lengths. made use of the semicolon to increase sentence complexity. Use parallel structure in your essay at least once.
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