Web Links

Clarity and Conciseness

• 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.
  

• Writing clear and concise sentences
  A resource for writing clear and concise sentences, from the University of Wisconsin.

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

Coordination and subordination

• Subordinating ideas
  A discussion of stating ideas clearly with subordination, from the University of Richmond.
  

• Coordination and subordination
  Sample coordinating and subordinating words, and sample sentences from the Writing Center at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.
  

• Combining for variety and clarity
  How to combine sentences using coordination and subordination.

Parallelism

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

• Parallel structure
  A definition of parallelism, accompanied by examples and proofreading strategies, from the Purdue Online Writing Lab.
  

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

Emphasis

• Adding emphasis
  Five techniques for adding emphasis to your prose, from the Purdue Online Writing Lab.

Variety

• Sentence variety
  Advice for spicing up your writing, with great examples and a quiz, 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.