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- Group activity. Working in a small group, select a workplace document or
academic essay. Examine each paragraph and identify examples of sentence
variety, coordination and subordination, and parallelism. Then, choose one
particular paragraph and discuss the following questions:
o Does the writer use sentence variety effectively?
o Does the writer connect his or her ideas effectively?
o Does the writer use subordination and coordination correctly?
o Does the writer use parallelism to emphasize his or her points?
As a group, identify the weaker areas of the paragraph and rewrite them. Focus
on sentence structure and sentence variation. Use coordinating conjunctions and
subordinating conjunctions to join sentences.- Choose a college essay or a recent piece of writing from your work or everyday
life. Use the techniques you have learned throughout this chapter to edit your
writing for sentence variety, appropriate coordination and subordination, and
parallelism. When you have finished, compare the two versions and write a brief
analysis of how sentence variety, coordination and subordination, and
parallelism help refine a piece of writing.
CollaborationPlease share with a classmate and compare your answers.