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October 04

Introductory Paragraph Formula

My students often assume there’s some sort of magical formula for writing introductory paragraphs, or some other ethereal concept which will protect them from their teachers’ criticism. There are many, many formulae, but – quite honestly – I don’t recommend them. When students attempt to use a traditional formula, the writing is rather weak. Introducing [...]

homerate, introductory paragraph, standing out, thesis, topic sentence, writing style

September 06

Mindmaps

Mindmaps are one of those controversial things: educators teach them, and some insist on their use; some people love them, and others despise them. I think there are times when we all need a mindmap. Having the visual input to organization is invaluable in certain situations. The image above is an outline for a mindmap, [...]

mindmap, organisation, thesis, tutoring

July 12

Reverse Psychology

I occasionally teach creative writing; last week’s class involved an exercise where we took the “World’s Worst Poem” (according to Google) and fixed it. One of the people noted that she was able to see many faux pas in the author’s style of which she, herself, was guilty. We all had a look at the [...]

communication, misused words, proofreading, standing out, style, thesis, transitions, verbing, vocabulary, wordiness

January 04

I Don’t Think I Need A Thesis

Of late, I’m seeing a lot of assignments from educators who don’t want full essays. They are asking their students to write just the outline of the essay, or perhaps only one body paragraph. One local science professor wants to see all the experiment results in point form, for now (and the students will have [...]

communication, thesis

July 27

Supporting Your Thesis

Prove it. Isn’t that always the response to a statement? Shakespeare is the best author ever. Yeah, right. Prove it. Academic writing exists only to prove it. Once a thesis (the declarative statement) is given, the paper you’re writing has only just begun. But… how do you prove it? In English, we ask questions with [...]

style, thesis, tutoring

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