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topic, 17
variation in
length, 437-38
openings, 436
structure, 437-38
vivid, descriptive verbs used in, 433-34
Sentence fragments, 341-56
dependent clause fragments, 342-43
example and exception fragments, 349-50
missing-subject fragments, 347-49
prepositional phrase fragments, 350-51
proofreading for, 111
verbal phrase fragments, 344-47
-ed and -en fragments, 346-47
to fragments, 344-45
-ing fragments, 345-46
Sermonizing, 103
Sight, in descriptive writing, 125
Similes, 91
Single-word modifiers, 393-95
sit, sat, 294-95
Slang, 461-62
Smell, in descriptive writing, 125
”Some Things About That Day” (Marquart), 549-53
Sources of information. See Research sources
Spatial order, 126-27
Split quotations, 508-9
Starched prose, 103-4
