inkle How to Describe a Person | Using Descriptive Words Does your homeschool teen know how to describe a person using vivid vocabulary? Because students can struggle with good observation skills or summoning up an arsenal of strong words, description can be a challenging task! In The Prince and the Pauper, Mark Twain paints a word picture of King Henry VIII using descriptive language: Before him, at a little distance, reclined a very large and very fat man, with a wide, pulpy face, and a stern expression. Likewise, in The Bronze Bow , Elizabeth George Speare describes a young Roman soldier with vivid words: When he straightened again, the Roman was pulling off his helmet, revealing crisp fair hair. Descriptive Writing Tools Can your homeschool high schoolers describe a person using great detail as in the above examples? When I was teaching homeschool writing classes, this was a hard concept for my students to grasp. Use the following tips as teaching tools in one of two ways: >> How to teach descriptive writing to younger children Face Shape Eyes
60 Awesome Search Engines for Serious Writers June 20th, 2010 Finding the information you need as a writer shouldn’t be a chore. Luckily, there are plenty of search engines out there that are designed to help you at any stage of the process, from coming up with great ideas to finding a publisher to get your work into print. Both writers still in college and those on their way to professional success will appreciate this list of useful search applications that are great from making writing a little easier and more efficient. Professional Find other writers, publishers and ways to market your work through these searchable databases and search engines. Writing These helpful tools will help you along in the writing process. Research Try out these tools to get your writing research done in a snap. Google Scholar: With this specialized search engine from Google, you’ll only get reliable, academic results for your searches.WorldCat: If you need a book from the library, try out this tool. Reference Need to look up a quote or a fact? Niche Writers
Unit 4: Starting and finishing emails Here are some important points to consider when starting and finishing an email. Formal or informal? We write a formal email when we want to be polite, or when we do not know the reader very well. Before you start writing an email, decide if you want to write a formal email or an informal one. Layout and punctuation Starting an email: We normally write a comma after the opening phrase. Finishing an email: We normally write a comma after the closing phrase. Phrases for starting and finishing Here are some phrase which we use for starting and finishing emails. You also need to know which phrases to use only in a formal email or an informal one:
Previous Post » The Postmodernism Generator » Communications From Elsewhere 1. Fellini and Marxist capitalism “Sexual identity is intrinsically unattainable,” says Bataille; however, according to Finnis[1] , it is not so much sexual identity that is intrinsically unattainable, but rather the collapse, and thus the fatal flaw, of sexual identity. Wilson[2] suggests that the works of Fellini are empowering. However, the primary theme of Geoffrey’s[3] analysis of the constructivist paradigm of discourse is a mythopoetical whole. The main theme of the works of Smith is the role of the writer as poet. If one examines textual neocapitalist theory, one is faced with a choice: either accept Marxist capitalism or conclude that sexuality, perhaps paradoxically, has significance. “Class is dead,” says Baudrillard. If one examines the constructivist paradigm of discourse, one is faced with a choice: either reject textual neocapitalist theory or conclude that sexual identity has intrinsic meaning. 2. Von Ludwig[11] states that the works of Smith are postmodern. 1. 2. 3. 4.
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Writing 7 free tools for anyone who wants to become a better writer The awesome (and scary) thing about being a writer is that you can always improve. It’s why people can sit on a draft for weeks—every time they take “one more look,” they can find a way to make it better. While it’s definitely a fun challenge to see how long you can keep finessing your work, it’s not always practical. After all, your boss usually doesn’t want you working on that press release for weeks on end while you try to brainstorm the perfect opening line. Thankfully, there are plenty of resources out there that can speed the editing process up and make you more confident about the work you’re submitting. 1. As much as Microsoft Word’s AutoCorrect function annoys us, we must admit to missing those green and red squiggly lines when we’re writing online. Enter: Grammarly (for Chrome users). 2. If you struggle with being long-winded, Hemingway could be a game changer. 3. Searching “best writing advice” on Google will, sadly, not always bring you the best writing advice. 4. 5. 7.