Avoid

• Contractions
• Switching tenses
• Starting a sentence with “But,” “And,” or “Or”
• Broad generalizations (“It is always true that,” “One can never say that,”“People always”)
• Passive voice (The ball was thrown from Jane to Jack.)
• Repetitive use of the verb “to be”
• Beginning a sentence with “This” alone (This always applies to school.)

Utilize

• Constant tense throughout
• “This” and “That” with descriptions (“This principle always applies to school.”)
• An introduction with three or more sentences
• Active voice
• Spelling out numbers less than 100
• Varied verb use
• Represents, illustrates, signifies, shows, tells, portrays, highlights, stands for, symbolizes, depicts, exposes, reveals
• Different transitions: Leads to, causes, results in, corresponds to, serves as, therefore, resultantly, moreover, on the other hand, contrastingly

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