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Strengthening your writing: Active and Passive Voice

It's easy to get into the passive voice. OWL at Purdue shows you how to flip your sentence to create an active voice.
Passive Voice:  The book is being read by most of the class tonight.
Active voice: Tonight, most of the class is reading the book.

On writing and revision

Improving Your Writing: Active and Passive Voice Explained

Does your teacher write "passive voice" on your papers? Are you unsure of the meaning and how to correct the error?  As always, OWL at PURDUE comes to the rescue with clear examples and directions on how to construct strong sentences.

Outline template for research paper:

Writing a Compare/Contrast Essay - Graphic Organizer

Spelled out - clear format directions for students. Print and follow.

Conclusions - UNC - The Writing Center

"This handout will explain the functions of conclusions, offer strategies for writing effective ones, help you evaluate your drafted conclusions, and suggest conclusion strategies to avoid."

Strategies for Writing a Conclusion

A conclusion should stress the importance of the thesis statement, give the essay a sense of completeness, and leave a final impression on the reader.

Suggestions:

• Answer the question "So What?"
• Show your readers why this paper was important. Show them that your paper was meaningful and useful.
• Synthesize, don't summarize.

Essay Words with definitions

Ira Glass on Storytelling, part 1 of 4 - YouTube

anecdote: sequence+ reflection. repeat.

Tone - word list

Choose Active, Precise Verbs

Strong Verbs

Using a Quote Properly

Great examples of how to use a quote and not step into plagarism.

Hints for Writing Effective Paragraphs of Literary Analysis

Writing tips and tricks

83 excuses for not writing . . . and why those mornings are the best time to write

Graphic Organizers - Analyze

Writing Analyses

Writing an Analysis

Visual graphic organizers and clear directions on how to write an analysis.'

4 Ways to Write a Rhetorical Analysis