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Parallel Structure

Posted by 11trees | Nov 1, 2021 | Style, Sentence Structure

Learn to use parallel structures in your sentences for emphasis and sentence variety.

Lying With Charts

Posted by 11trees | Oct 17, 2021 | Slide Design, Information Literacy, Presentation Skills

Mark Twain popularized the saying that, “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and...

Know your audience – presentation skills

Posted by 11trees | Oct 11, 2021 | Presentation Skills

Presentation skills culture varies widely from industry to industry, organization to organization. In the absence of specific guidelines or expectations use our concrete guidelines to design and give great presentations. If possible, review examples of previous presentations given at your organization and adjust accordingly.

Balancing Repetition and Variety

Posted by 11trees | Mar 22, 2018 | Coherence and Cohesion

As you learn to write in English, you will learn how to balance repetition and variety, to ensure cohesion. One strategy to accomplish this purpose is to vary the way you refer to people and things. After the first reference to a noun form, you can refer to it with pronouns and demonstratives until the topic changes.

How Can I Make My Sentences Clearer?

Posted by 11trees | Jul 24, 2017 | Style

Sometimes sentences are unclear because they are ambiguous, and other times because they have too many words. Usually sentences will be clearer if they have fewer words. So as you edit and reread your work, try to take words out to make your writing clearer.