Steven Pinker's new book is "The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century." (jeffrey james pacres/Flickr) As broadcasters, we're taught to write in clear, active ...
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Teaching students to write is no easy feat, and it’s a topic that has often been discussed on this blog. Penny Kittle teaches first-year writers at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire. She was ...
February 16, 2024 • Kentucky Poet Laureate Silas House visits with bestselling writer David Arnold to talk about creating vivid characterizations in the premiere episode of “Writing Lessons”, a ...
In this writing exercise, first, we will hand out copies of loser sentences from previous students’ psychology papers, and we will use these sentences as examples to help us define, recognize and spot ...
An independent clause is basically a complete sentence; it can stand on its own and make sense. An independent clause consists of a subject (e.g. “the dog”) and a verb (e.g. “barked”) creating a ...
A run‐on sentence is two or more independent clauses joined together with insufficient punctuation. This means that there are two or more complete sentences fused into one sentence. Use a colon: a ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Renae Gregoire covers content marketing and great content experiences. You’ve likely felt it before: writing that seems flat, like ...
The new question-of-the-week is: What are the best instructional strategies and lessons to use when teaching intermediate English-language learners? The English-language-learner population is growing ...