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How to Write Something Worth Reading

How to Write Something Worth Reading. Passive/Active voice and wordiness. Passive vs. Active Voice. Social media is meant to be used as a way for people to stay in touch with one another. People use social media to stay in touch.

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How to Write Something Worth Reading

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  1. How to Write Something Worth Reading Passive/Active voice and wordiness

  2. Passive vs. Active Voice Social media is meant to be used as a way for people to stay in touch with one another. People use social media to stay in touch. Mark Zuckerberg and others created social media sites for people to stay in touch.

  3. Passive vs. Active Voice Passive Active Social media is meant to be used as a way for people to stay in touch with one another. People use social media to stay in touch. Mark Zuckerberg and others created social media sites for people to stay in touch.

  4. Passive Sentence Construction Social media is meant to be used as a way for people to stay in touch with one another. Object becomes the subject. [Social media] Verb used is weak. [Is]

  5. Active Sentence Construction Mark Zuckerberg and others created social media sites for people to stay in touch. Clear Subject and Object/Performer of action and Recipient of action. [Mark Zuckerberg and others/social media] Strong verb used. [Created]

  6. Wordiness Omit needless words! Reread your sentences. I’ve gone through and marked a few places where you can omit words that do not add anything to the sentence. Leave only words that serve a very specific purpose.

  7. Wordiness People today put way too many pictures on Facebook, opening themselves up to a lot of different problems. People today put way too many pictures on Facebook, opening themselves up to a lot of different problems.

  8. Rewritten People today put way too many pictures on Facebook, opening themselves up to a lot of different problems. Facebook users invite problems when they post too many pictures or too much information.

  9. Revisions Work hard on this. Take your time. Try to find the best way to say what you are trying to say. You may also add to your paper. The purpose of the activity is to help you learn to write in a way that will help you in your careers. I will collect these and re-grade them. Your grade will come mostly from your use of active/passive voice and absence of wordiness. I’ll look at the ideas, as well.

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