writing skills. topics n coherence n peer review n mechanics
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Writing Skills
Topics
Coherence Peer Review Mechanics
Telling the Story
Paragraph and Essay Coherence– One topic per paragraph– Logical transitions between sentences and
paragraphs– Topic sentences
Organization and The Use of Headings
Peer Review
Using the Peer Review and Checklist, evaluate at least one of your peer’s feasibility studies, making detailed comments on the paper itself and summarizing them on a separate sheet or via e-mail.
Hand in the review with your revisions next week.
Everything You Wanted to Know About Punctuation But Were Embarrassed to Ask. Everything.
Punctuation
Punctuation
SVO
Punctuation
SVO Joe writes his report.
Punctuation
SVO
SVOO
Joe writes his report.
Punctuation
SVO
SVOO
SVOVO
Joe writes his report.
Punctuation
SVO
SVOO
SVOVO
Joe writes his report.
Joe writes a memo and a report.
Joe writes a report and goes to the pub.
Punctuation
SVO
SVOO
SVOVO
S, . . . ,VO
Joe writes his report.
Joe writes a memo and a report.
Joe writes a report and goes to the pub.
Punctuation
SVO
SVOO
SVOVO
S, . . . ,VO
SV, . . . ,O
Joe writes his report.
Joe writes a memo and a report.
Joe writes a report and goes to the pub.
Punctuation
SVO
SVOO
SVOVO
S, . . . ,VO
SV, . . . ,O
Joe writes his report.
Joe writes a memo and a report.
Joe writes a report and goes to the pub.
Joe, tired from his meeting, goes to the pub.
Joe goes, dragging his feet, to the pub.
Punctuation
SVO
SVOO
SVOVO
S, . . . ,VO
SV, . . . ,O
. . . , SVO
SVO, . . .
Joe writes his report.
Joe writes a memo and a report.
Joe writes a report and goes to the pub.
Joe, tired from his meeting, goes to the pub.
Joe goes, dragging his feet, to the pub.
Punctuation
SVO
SVOO
SVOVO
S, . . . ,VO
SV, . . . ,O
. . . , SVO
SVO, . . .
Joe writes his report.
Joe writes a memo and a report.
Joe writes a report and goes to the pub.
Joe, tired from his meeting, goes to the pub.
Joe goes, dragging his feet, to the pub.
Tired from his meeting, Joe goes to the pub.
Punctuation
When the intervening word or phrase has to be there for the sentence to maintain its essential meaning, you may not use commas.
When the intervening word or phrase does not have to be there for the sentence to maintain its essential meaning, you must use commas.
Punctuation
Quiz: How should the following sentences be punctuated?
Swimmers who dive in shallow water risk their lives.
An office manager for a corporation, that had government contracts, asked her supervisor whether she could reprimand her co-workers for smoking.
Punctuation
Joining Sentences:
S V O S V O
Two errors:
•Joe goes home Betsy writes the report.
•Joe goes home, Betsy writes the report.
Punctuation
Joining Sentences:
S V O ? S V O
, and
:
;
( )
--
Punctuation
Joining Sentences:
S V O ? S V O
, and
S V O : S V O / list
;
( )
--
Punctuation
Joining Sentences:
S V O ? S V O
, and
S V O : S V O / list
S V O ; S V O
( )
--
Assignments
Due next class: Revised Feasibility Study
Writing Skills