Strausser, Jeffrey. <br/><br/>
Painless writing / 
Jeffrey Strausser ; illustrated by Denise Gilgannon. 
 - Hauppauge, N.Y. :  Barron's Educational series,  c2001. 
 - viii, 246 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0764118102 9780764118104 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Composition and exercises--Study and teaching (Middle school)--Juvenile literature.<br/>Report writing--Juvenile literature
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>808.042  / STR