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Writing concisely

• Conciseness: methods of eliminating wordiness
  Tips for writing more concisely, including numerous examples, from the Purdue Online Writing Lab.
  

• Writing concise sentences
  Tips for and examples of concise writing, with quizzes, from the Guide to Grammar and Writing.

Sentence combining

• Combining sentences for variety and clarity
  Advice on combining sentences, from St. Cloud State University
  

• Improving your writing style
  Advice on improving style, including a list of phrases to avoid, from the University of North Carolina

Parallelism

• Parallel form
  Numerous examples of faulty parallelism, with suggested revisions; includes two review quizzes. From the Guide to Grammar and Writing.
  

• Parallel structure
  Writing and proofreading strategies to achieve parallel structure, from the Purdue Online Writing Lab.
  

• Parallelism
  Discussion of simple parallelism and parallelism using common connectors, from St. Cloud State University.

Emphasis

• Adding emphasis
  Tips for adding emphasis through visual effects, punctuation, and style, from the Purdue Online Writing Lab.

Variety

• Sentence variety
  Includes guidelines for varying sentence structure and length, including two quizzes, from the Guide to Grammar and Writing.
  

• Sentence variety
  Tips and examples for varying short, choppy sentences or repetitious sentences, from the Purdue Online Writing Lab.
  

• Combining sentences for variety and clarity
  Guidelines for using subordination and coordination, includes many "before and after" examples, from St. Cloud State University.