Article Analysis Essay

Article Analysis Essay

Recently, I’ve seen a lot of papers where the student is asked to read an article and write an analytical paper.  This is a new concept for some people, and the tendency to summarize instead of analyze is strong.  Here are some key tips for analyzing an article...
Writing Pitfalls: Passive Voice

Writing Pitfalls: Passive Voice

  In a sentence that uses passive voice, the sentence’s subject does not perform the action. Instead, the action of the sentence happens to the subject. For example, the sentence “The ball was thrown by the girl” is written in passive voice. If you see a...
Writing Pitfalls: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

Writing Pitfalls: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

Modifiers are words or phrases that describe another word. Dangling modifiers do not clearly modify a word in a sentence.  What ends up happening, then, is something like the picture to the right. Take into account the following questions when you attempt to identify...