PG 108: “One of the easiest ways to make this move is to use transitions (from the Latin root trans, "to cross over"), which help you to cross from one point to another in your text.”
Transition words and phrases will become your best friend in academic writing. You just have to be sure not to use the same one the start every transition.
PG 118: “These sentences work because even though the second sentence changes course and qualifies the first, it still echoes key concepts from the first.”
This a meaningful, clarifying sentence. The whole chapter, the writers continuously say, “Everything needs to be related!” However, this does not mean that you can’t change the course of the sentence. For example, in an argumentative essay, there is a difference between switching sides of an argument, and switching the topic of the argument.
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You can be in one part of the writing and then immediately jump to another part. It confuses the reader.
PG 106:“Indeed, he told us that, other than using his computer software to check for spelling errors and make sure that his tenses were all aligned, he never actually reread what he wrote before turning it in.”
I am guilty of doing this a couple times myself. I always regret it later when I get the paper back and I see all the silly mistakes that I made. It always pays to read over your work.
PG 107:”It may help to think of each sentence you write as having arms that reach backward and forward, as Figure 6 suggests.”
A great image to use when writing! When I am writing I always think of the paper as a river. Each sentence has to flow into another, a river doesn’t just stop.
PG 111: “Think how your heart sinks when someone, immediately after praising you, begins a sentence with "but" or