Essays are examined for word use, tone, and language variety. Suggestions are made for using guide of map sentences, avoiding redundancy, narrowing the focus, and strengthening concluding statements. Techniques are suggested for reworking and polishing the introduction and conclusion. Suggests techniques for proofreading the final draft. Sentence fragments and errors in spelling, capitalization, subject-verb agreement, pronoun reference, redundancies, and misplaced modifiers are identified and corrected.
Professionals discuss concerns unique to writing for the humanities.
Essays are discussed for use of imagery, injecting personal opinion, and the importance of strong introductory paragraphs. A panel of professional writers and professors discuss concerns unique to writing for the social sciences. Abstracts are critiqued for accuracy, use of students' words, selected details, objectivity, and sentence structure. Panel members discuss special concerns of writing for the sciences. Standard salutations, closing, and methods for indicating enclosures are explained with an emphasis on the content or the body of the letter.