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What does Zinsser say about Verbs?
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Always use active verbs because they are stronger and require a pronoun so it is easier to visualize.
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What should you not do about adverbs?
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Use them scarcely as they clutter sentences and do NOT use adverbs that has the same meaning as verb like: grinned widely
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When can you use an adjective?
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Adjectives that do work that needs to be done. Not just for decorative reasons. For example: The sky was gray this made him turn South.
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Give examples of little qualifiers.
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Very, bit, little, too, kind of Theres make you loose credibility with readers.
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Exclamation Point
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Don't use it. Construct the sentence in a way that the emphasis will be put on what you want.
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; semicolon
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Creates a pause and links two related thoughts.
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What are the two ways to use a dash?
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1) To amplify or justify the first part of the sentence.2) Two are used to separate parenthetical thought within a longer sentence.
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: colon
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Use it to create a pause and list an itemized list
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How should we use mood changers?
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Use it early in the sentence. But, Still, Now, Today However, yet
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Why use contractions?
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Warmer and truer to your personality.
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That and Which? When to use which?
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Always use That unless it make your meaning ambiguous.
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What's an example of a concept noun?
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The current campus hostility is a symptom of change.
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Give an example of creeping nounism.
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When you string two or three nouns together when one noun or verb will do. For example: We have precipitation activity - it is going to rain.
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How should you think about paragraphs?
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Good fiction writers think in paragraphs not sentence units.
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What does he have to say about re-writing?
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Make sure your reader is aware of changes in time and place or to vary and animate style.
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