BAM101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Proofreading
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Applying active voice: energetic, forceful, direct, states good news clearly, emphasizes the person who performs the action. Applying passive voice: weak, indirect, tactful, softens bad news, may hide the person doing the action. Eliminating grammar errors and awkwardness: sentence fragments, run-on sentences, comma splices, misplaced modifiers, dangling modifiers, elliptical constructions, faulty predication and mixed constructions. Topic sentences: usually appear at the beginning, can appear later if delivering bad news, a paragraph may. Paragraph development: describe a sequence of events, compare and contrast, analyze a topic or offer a solution, classify the parts of a whole, illustrate an idea or support a claim, define terms. Paragraph coherence: make the paragraph flow , plan ahead, use a logical sequence, choose words that connect sentences. Proofreading: take a break to clear your mind, read slowly, word for word, consider reading aloud, when proofreading, check.
