PPT-Structure and Style in Writing

Ch 2 Linda Yellin 1 Content 2 Clarity 3 Conciseness 4 Elimination of slang colloquialisms trite expressions and jargon 5 Tone 6 Bias free language 7 Spelling 8 Grammar 9 Uniformity. Turabian. Duane Theobald. dtheobal@westga.edu. Have you ever felt like this?. MLA Style. Who uses MLA?/Where did MLA style come from. ?. English Studies-Language and Literature. Foreign Language and Literature. An Approach to Style. by William . Strunk. . Jr. and E.B. White. When we speak of an author’s style, we don’t mean his command of the relative pronoun, we mean the sound his words make on paper.. Just because you wrote it doesn’t mean you’re finished!. COPY EDITING. Copy editing is the QUALITY CONTROL function for a publication.. GOALS OF COPY EDITING:. Clarity - copy editors must make sure the story is clear and makes sense. Literary Elements. . 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