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What I learned from your Memoirs

What I learned from your Memoirs . Really, what you need to learn and change in your own writing. . Using periods – You need to learn to use periods people…seriously….

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What I learned from your Memoirs

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  1. What I learned from your Memoirs Really, what you need to learn and change in your own writing.

  2. Using periods – You need to learn to use periods people…seriously… • My eyes grew wider, I felt as if my eyes would fall from my head and land in the box, I could see the amazing work of art that Nike produced, and they looked more amazing than they did on the computer, like lightening I grabbed my shoes and squashed them onto my feet as fast as my fingers would move, they felt like I was stepping in foam as it molded around my foot and felt as if I was walking on air, I will never forget this day, it changed my life forever.

  3. Seen should never be used ever • I seen him come towards me - Nope…wrong! • I saw him come towards me – correct! • I have seen him coming towards me – also correct (although not in the same context). • You actually really never need to use the word seen ever because you can just use saw.

  4. Sentence Fluency • When I comment on your papers and say “sentence fluency”, that usually means that your sentence is confusing or disjointed. There is an issue with the flow of the sentence. • Example: The boat looked like an older version of motor  boat; it was a dull grey and had no toilet. – Missing “a”, which affects the sentence fluency. • Example: I had won my first  ever fight, and what a way to win. This should read: I had won the first fight I had ever fought, and what a way to win.

  5. Please stop yelling at me! • When you use an exclamation mark at the end of the sentence, this denotes yelling. • Example: The floor was wet and slippery and we were soaked from our heads to our toes! Why is there yelling about the floor being slippery? Example:

  6. There needs to be a comma in front of but…please put the comma in front of but • Use commas to separate independent clauses when they are joined by any of these seven coordinating conjunctions: and, but, for, or, nor, so, yet. • The game was over, but the crowd refused to leave. • The student explained her question, yet the instructor still didn't seem to understand. • Yesterday was her brother's birthday, so she took him out to dinner.

  7. How to double space in MS Word • Really? Do we not know how to do this? Did we not all take BBT 9 last year? • Here we go… How to double space

  8. And now for the fun part… • I’d like to share a few excerpts from exceptional stories.

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