Proofreading

- Mark sentence breaks to look for run-

ons and fragments

Pencil-pushing
- Mark “be” verbs (am, is, are, was, were,
be, been)
- Revise to action sentences
- Mark prepositions - no excessive number
of prepsositions in a row
Reference
Materials/Sites
Dictionary (print/computer)
Thesaurus (print/computer)
Son of a Citation Machine
Wikipedia
NDSU Libraries
Creative Commons - photos
Google and other search engines
Communication Sites OWL at Purdue

- Wordpress - portfolio/blog Choosing a Topic

- Scribd - upload files to wordpress - Brainstorm quickly
- Wikispace - group work - Choose top 3
- SecondLife - communication - Surface web research on top 3
- Skype - communication - Choose topic based on research

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Genres Memo
- Bottom Line Paragraph
- Block paragraphs Consider:
- Key Ideas Purpose
- Design for flow and easy reading Audience
Resume
- Summarize at end Voice
Context
- Approx. 2 pages Genre
- Education first until job ex-
perience is more relevent
- Experience

Writing for Impact:

- Presentation - design
- Relevance to firm/job
- Short, undertandable sentences
- Simple and specfic words
Cover Letter - Active sentences
- 1 page Proposal - People and purpose
- 75 words - Cover Letter - Design to HELP flow
- Address right person - Abstract/Exec. Summary - Forecast and summarize key ideas
- Compelling paragraph - Proposal
- Interviews and references - Introduction
- Name drop here - Problem
- Personal contact info - Solution
- Design - Feasibility
- Block Paragraphs - Budget
- Qualifications APA or MLA?
- Conclusion - APA
- Reports and Proposals
- Reference (Bib)
- MLA
- History and criticism
- Works Cited (Bib)

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