Strausser, Jeffrey.
Painless writing / Jeffrey Strausser ; illustrated by Denise Gilgannon. - Hauppauge, N.Y. : Barron's Educational series, c2001. - viii, 246 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes index.
Introduction - 1. Clean up preposition clutter - 2. Enliven your writing - 3. Silencing the passive voice - 4. Reduce nominalizations and activate your writing - 5. Smoothing out your writing - 6. Harness the power of the comma - 7. Add rhythm to your writing - 8. Gremlins in your writing - 9. Create a template for your tern paper - Appendix: Further reading - Brain ticklers: The answers - Index.
0764118102 9780764118104
English language--Composition and exercises--Study and teaching (Middle school)--Juvenile literature.
Report writing--Juvenile literature
808.042 / STR
Painless writing / Jeffrey Strausser ; illustrated by Denise Gilgannon. - Hauppauge, N.Y. : Barron's Educational series, c2001. - viii, 246 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes index.
Introduction - 1. Clean up preposition clutter - 2. Enliven your writing - 3. Silencing the passive voice - 4. Reduce nominalizations and activate your writing - 5. Smoothing out your writing - 6. Harness the power of the comma - 7. Add rhythm to your writing - 8. Gremlins in your writing - 9. Create a template for your tern paper - Appendix: Further reading - Brain ticklers: The answers - Index.
0764118102 9780764118104
English language--Composition and exercises--Study and teaching (Middle school)--Juvenile literature.
Report writing--Juvenile literature
808.042 / STR