1. Sentence Clarity and Combining A workshop brought to you by The Purdue University Writing Lab 2. Sentence Clarity Why do we need to be concerned with sentence clarity?…

Slide 1 Sentence Clarity A workshop brought to you by the Purdue University Writing Lab Slide 2 Sentence Clarity Why worry about making sentences clear? To communicate effectively…

Slide 1 One-Word Modifiers: Adjectives and Adverbs Lesson 6 Joseph C. Blumenthal Slide 2 Reviewing Basic Sentence Patterns Until this point we have been dealing mainly with…

Slide 1 Purdue University Writing Lab Sentence Clarity and Combining A workshop brought to you by The Purdue University Writing Lab Slide 2 Purdue University Writing Lab…

PRE-TEST Direction: Identify the basic pattern of each sentence using the letter symbols you have learned. Write it above the word/s indicated in the sentence. 1. Mona gave…

Slide 1 What are modifiers? Adjectives Adverbs Phrases Clauses Troublesome modifiers Bad/badly Good/well Review A Review B Understanding Modifiers Slide 2 Your friend can’t…

Sentence Clarity and Combining Sentence Clarity Why do we need to be concerned with sentence clarity? To communicate effectively to the reader To make writing persuasive…

Session 2 Clarity Clarity Word choice Sentence structure Use of the active voice instead of the passive voice Parallelism Use of transitional words Word Choice Preferring…

Diagramming Dependent Clauses Adjective, Adverb and Noun Clauses What is a Clause? MEMORIZE these two definitions: a PHRASE is a group of words without a subject and verb,…

Sentence Clarity and Combining A workshop brought to you by The Purdue University Writing Lab Sentence Clarity Why do we need to be concerned with sentence clarity? To communicate…