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Painless writing / Jeffrey Strausser ; illustrated by Denise Gilgannon.

By: Strausser, Jeffrey.
Contributor(s): Gilgannon, Denise [(ill.)].
Publisher: Hauppauge, N.Y. : Barron's Educational series, c2001Description: viii, 246 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0764118102; 9780764118104.Subject(s): English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching (Middle school) -- Juvenile literature | Report writing -- Juvenile literatureDDC classification: 808.042
Contents:
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.
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Floor 4, Shelf 34 , Side 1, TierNo 6, BayNo 3

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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.