WRA 130 Andrew Colannino

Emphasis

Leadsc readers to see main ideas

Clearly state subject and verb to avoid confusion

link main clauses with a coma or semi colin

SUBORDINATION

grammar checkers

use to emphasize main ideas

dont over use

PARALLELISM

similar grammatical form for elements of similar function

SENTENCE LENGTH VARIETY

10 to 40 words

less than 15 or more than 35 main idea is confusing

SENTENCE STRUCTURE VARIETY

change sentence beginning 

transitional expressions

inverting parts of sentence

CHOOSING APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE

avoid fragments

avoid missing punctuation

avoid missing capital let