Tips, Tools & Ideas to Improve Your Writing
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1. Gems to enthrall and inspire
2. Test your writing IQ: a three-question quiz
3. Seven tips for more effective writing
4. A simple, six-part method for choosing term paper topics
5. The single biggest essay-writing mistake
6. Active voice versus passive voice
7. Less is more: striving for simplicity of expression
8. When to quote and when to paraphrase
9. Word order in sentences
10. How are punctuation marks like traffic signs?
11. When a single comma made the difference between life and death
12. Using lists to improve your business writing
13. Fun with English: discovering palindromes
14. Pet peeves & peccadillos
15. Professional writers’ secrets to becoming a professional
writer
16. Free online research & writing resources
17. Food for thought: quotation potpourri
18. “Truth is stranger than fiction”
19. Student “Bloopers”
20. Best college application essay we’ve ever read
21. The single greatest secret to good writing
BONUS: The Fascinating World of Fibonacci Numbers
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