by Melissa Drumm |
Personal pronouns are the set of English pronouns that refer to people: I, you, he, his, she, hers, we, us, they, them, etc. Personal pronouns are very useful, as they eliminate the awkwardness of having to repeat the name of the subject or object of a sentence over...
by Kaelyn Barron
There tends to be a lot of confusion surrounding the semicolon and how one should use this punctuation mark that’s not quite a comma and not quite a colon. But the worst mistake a writer could make is inserting a semicolon without first understanding when and...
by Kaelyn Barron |
So you’ve just been assigned a research paper, and your teacher or professor keeps stressing the importance of a well-developed thesis statement. But what exactly is a thesis statement and how can you make sure yours is good enough? This step-by-step guide will...
by Kaelyn Barron |
Dashes are great tools that can bring added style and emphasis to your writing, but only if you know how to use them correctly. Many writers confuse the em dash with the en dash, or even the hyphen (which is technically not a dash at all). These little mistakes can...
by Kaelyn Barron |
At the heart of any great story is conflict. There has to be someone (or something) standing in our protagonist’s way in order to make the story interesting and push the protagonist into action. That person or force is known as the antagonist. Some classic...
by Kaelyn Barron
If you’ve ever tried to write a story, you may have found that getting started with your idea was pretty easy—until you suddenly hit a wall. That wall might not be writer’s block, but rather a lack of decent planning. Sometimes, taking a great idea and just running...
