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Usage. A guide to “good” writing. 1. Starts with well-developed content. Personal, well thought-out The reader gets a sense that the author is invested in the topic 2. Needs specific examples Facts need to be concrete and relevant Don’t wander 3. Form is important

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  1. Usage A guide to “good” writing.

  2. 1. Starts with well-developed content. • Personal, well thought-out • The reader gets a sense that the author is invested in the topic • 2. Needs specific examples • Facts need to be concrete and relevant • Don’t wander • 3. Form is important • Writing must be organized and clear so the reader can follow the ideas presented • Must be unified between content and form • If colloquial…..loose • If formal…..structured and sensibly ordered

  3. 4. Needs a consistent and definable voice • Must be unique to the author • Must be active, not passive (natural, unless…) • Must be varied in structure • 5. Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation are very important! • Mistakes distract • Mistakes ruin your credibility

  4. “The Great White Chief” • What proof can you offer that illustrates that Chief Seattle is a “good writer”? • Use a T4C paragraph format.

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