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Improving Writing

Teresa is an intern at The Trader, a local newspaper. She is studying journalism at college and hopes to get a part-time position writing for the newspaper in the summer. She was asked to write a sample article about tourist attractions in the area. When Teresa received her edited copy of her article, she was surprised at some of the comments. Her writer was not descriptive and left the reader thinking, "Why would I go there?" Additionally, she had some difficulty with parallel structure.

What can Teresa learn from this experience as an intern?

How can Teresa improve her article without making it read like fiction?



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How can Teresa add more impact to her writing?
A)Teresa can use conjunctions and prepositions to create complex and interesting sentences with many clauses and prepositional phrases.
B)Teresa can use a lot conjunctions to list the reasons why her readers should visit the place she’s describing.
C)Teresa can use varied sentence structure and specific, descriptive terms to paint a picture of the beauty and the appeal of the place she’s describing.
D)Teresa can use a lot of colorful adjectives to portray the wonderful scenery of the place she’s describing.







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