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Learn to enhance your writing with color-coded techniques. From captivating blues to structured greens, transition with yellows and support your arguments with reds. Polish your essays with strategic color usage and dynamic conclusions. Elevate your writing skills with this comprehensive guide.
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Color-Coding • BLUE- Use blue as a lead in [grab readers attention]! This could be the first sentence of a paragraph assignment, or the first 1-3 sentences of your intro paragraph of an essay • MAKE IT INTERESTING
Adding the Blues • Bold or startling statement • Humor [used appropriately] • Facts/background info • Quotation • Examples [tv/history/literature]
GREEN- green is used for TOPIC SENTENCES • T.S. is first sentence of EVERY paragraph • States what that paragraph is about
Topic sentence format • IVF [identify (TAT), verb, finish] • Occasion/Position • However • Number
YELLOW- used for transitioning into your reasons • Every time you give a new reason to prove your topic, use a transition word • Examples: To begin, in addition, finally
RED- for every reason you have, you must support it with EVIDENCE [details or facts] and EXAMPLES! • You MUST EXPLAIN and ELABORATE your thinking. TELL ME MORE! BE SPECIFIC!
…and back to GREEN • Finish EVERY paragraph with a CONCLUSION SENTENCE to wrap up your thinking • Do NOT end on facts • Do NOT end abruptly and leave your reader hanging! • Essays have conclusion paragraphs
Remember: • Organization is key!! • Follow the writing process • Use stars, dashes, and dots for outlines