Critical Thinking Company Building Writing Skills Essential Tips & Techniques

Critical Thinking Company Building Writing Skills Essential Tips & TechniquesDescription & Features This 88 page book teaches students techniques to strengthen their writing. In order to express thoughts clearly and precisely to make writing come alive, the students will: Use vivid verbs, specific nouns, and strong adjectives Spot unnecessary adjectives and adverbs Recognize and correct pronoun antecedent confusion Use the active voice rather than the passive voice Be careful of qualifiers Correct issues with point of view

Description & Features
This 88-page book teaches students techniques to strengthen their writing.
In order to express thoughts clearly and precisely to make writing come alive, the students will:

Use vivid verbs, specific nouns, and strong adjectives
Spot unnecessary adjectives and adverbs
Recognize and correct pronoun antecedent confusion
Use the active voice rather than the passive voice
Be careful of qualifiers
Correct issues with point of view
Show, not tell
Use sensory details

 To write more interesting sentences that make writing flow in a logical manner, the students will:

Vary sentence types: simple, compound, and complex
Vary sentence beginnings
Use effective transition words and phrases
Use appositives to add meaning to sentences

 To make writing more appealing to readers, students will use the following literary devices:

Similes
Metaphors
Hyperbole
Alliteration
Repetition
Personification
Anthropomorphism
Onomatopoeia