As a journalist, I strive to make my writing as clear and as clean as possible. AP Style demands that pieces report as much news as possible in the least amount of words. Over the years, I've learned how to cut out words that clutter my sentences, replace passive voice with active voice and put … Continue reading Five ways to make your writing cleaner (and more interesting)
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Rhetoric: “purpose, subject matter, audience, and context”
“[Style is] a series of both conscious and unconscious choices that writers make about everything from the words we use (diction) and their arrangement in sentences (syntax) to the tone with which we express our point of view (e.g. ironic, formal, or colloquial) and the way we achieve emphasis in a sentence (e.g., by placing … Continue reading Rhetoric: “purpose, subject matter, audience, and context”
Laura Catherine Apperson 