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Writing Tips For Students Of All Ages
Sylvan Tips on Writing
- Good writing takes time. Spend time organizing your ideas and thinking about what you really want to say in your essay.
- Use the Internet or library to research your topic.
- Prepare an outline before you begin to write.
- Use transition words - such as "after," "although," "before," "however" and "therefore" to help your ideas flow together.
- Be willing to revise. Change your sentences and paragraphs around, add material that lends to your writing and delete material that doesn't work.
- Avoid clichés and jargon.
- Always keep a dictionary handy to help with spelling.
- Use a thesaurus to help you think of a new way to say something.
- Ask someone else to edit your work.
- Proofread everything. Make sure grammar, spelling and punctuation are perfect before you declare anything "finished."
- Don't rely on a computer's spellchecker to ensure proper spelling.
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