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3 keys to successful writing: MAP

3 keys to successful writing: MAP. M aintain focus and flow Craft topic sentences Use transitions Provide trail markers Maintain parallelism A void abstraction No empty pronouns! Use passive voice with caution P rune your sentences!.

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3 keys to successful writing: MAP

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  1. 3 keys to successful writing: MAP • Maintain focus and flow • Craft topic sentences • Use transitions • Provide trail markers • Maintain parallelism • Avoid abstraction • No empty pronouns! • Use passive voice with caution • Prune your sentences!

  2. Help readers focus their thinking: use parallelism. • Parallel constructions channel the reader’s attention and aid memory. • Lists are great way for reader to absorb information, but you must maintain parallelism of items in list or reader will get confused.

  3. Present parallel ideas in parallel form. • in lists • in sentences • Pay special attention to the first few words of each item in a list.

  4. Check out this set of instructions. Repairing the Acid Tank • Replace tank bottom with 5/8” thick steel plate. • Porosity holes in ring weldments should be cleaned and rewelded. • According to company specifications, tank repainting.

  5. Maintaining the parallelism: Repairing the Acid Tank • Replace tank bottom with 5/8” thick steel plate. • Porosity holes in ring weldments should be cleaned and rewelded. • According to company specifications, tank repainting. verb noun phrase prepositional phrase

  6. I researched and compared the performance capabilities and FAA records of each aircraft, as well as conducting a pilot survey. Can you fix the faulty parallelism in this sentence?

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