Intro Material
Overview: Expository Prose
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Clarity, Reasoning, Structure
Aim for...
Critical thinking
Clear structuring
Outlining
MLA styling, etc.
Solid argument
Courtesy
Editorial distance
Signposting
Nuance
Avoid...
Sweeping generalization
Overwrought openings
Argument by assertion
Argument from authority
Speculative argument
Circular argument
A priori argument
Argument from probability
Equivocation
Oversimplification
Tendentious assertion
Argument from silence
Usage, Grammar, Style, etc.
AA
Abbreviations
Agreement
AP
arg
AS
authority
Case (lower/upper)
Case (pronoun case)
Capitalization
circ
citing
Citation, punctuating
Commas
Comma splice
Contractions & abbrev.
courtesy
CS
CT
Dangling modifiers
Dash v. hyphen
dem
Demonstratives
DM
Dropped quotes
dot dot dot...
ED
Ellipse
Ellipsis marks
EQ
equiv
Excessive quotation
expos
First person
Fragments
frag
graf
hyp
Hypercorrection
Hyphen v. dash
Hyphens
Inconcinnity
"I," use of
Jargon
Level of discourse
"Like," misuse of
Malapropism
Misplaced modifiers
MLA
MM
nuance
Number
OO
Overwrought openings
Paragraphing
¶
par
Parallelism
Passive voice
Plurals
Possessives
prob
pron
Pronouns, ambiguous
Pronoun case
Proofreading
Punctuation
Quotation - excessive
Quotation, various
quotes
red
Redundancy
Relative clauses
Run-on sentences
semi
Semicolons
Sentence fragments
Sexist language
SG
signposting
simpl
SL
Slang
SP
spec
Spelling
structure
sweeping
taut (tautological)
tend
Tense
"Than" v. "then"
Titles
tone
Usage, word choice
WC
Word choice
Wordiness
You, improper use