Creating EmphasisCreating EmphasisHow do you do it?How do you do it?

Create Emphasis Through Coordination

• I want you to look at my organization, use of punctuation, and spelling.

• I use too many short sentences in my writing, and I tend to use a lot of run-ons.

Create Emphasis Through Subordination

With Participles• Reading through my paper, I noticed

a lot of comma errors.• Bored with so many short, choppy

sentences, I tried to vary the structures that I used.

Create Emphasis Through Subordination

With Subordinating Conjunctions

• After I read your comments, I understood why my papers are so dull.

• Although my paper used a lot of short, choppy sentences, I still feel it deserves an “A”.

Create Emphasis Through Subordination

With relative pronouns

• My paper, which I spent hours working on, still lacks a decent conclusion.

• I would like my introductions to be as interesting as Albert’s, whose paper was the best in the class.

Create Emphasis By Using Periodic Sentences• I need to write papers that will give

me an “A”.

• I realize that poor grammar is keeping my papers from getting the attention they deserve.

Create Emphasis By Using A Colon

• I will be happy if all this work produces one result: I write a killer research paper.

• The most common error in my papers: the dreaded comma splice!

Create Emphasis By Repeating Key Words and Phrases.

• In order to write better papers, I need better organization, better detail, and better word and sentence choice.

Create Emphasis Through Parallelism

• I took this class in order to build on what I know about writing, learn to better organize my work, refine my ideas, and improve my overall use of the English Language.

Create Emphasis By Using Active or Passive Voice

Although active voice is generally stronger, and therefore the best choice, passive voice allows you to emphasize the object of the sentence:

• My history paper was given a B+.