Good luck finishing <Short Assignment #6> (the last of the Short Assignments) and progressing with your group's contribution to the Wikipedia article. An invitation went out to the whole class last Thursday, following our workshop, inviting you to a class composing space, so please make use of that space as soon as your group has something to share with the other groups, even if you only have a "SFD" (in the words of Ann Lamott through Carra Hood). Two groups are especially in need of knowing what other groups have drafted at this point!
For Thursday's workshop, please read the Style section on "Emphasis" and WWC on "Sense and Sensibility." As well, please review the Style sections on "Global Coherence" and "Ethics of Style," and the WWC sections on "Style," "Adjectives and Adverbs" (pp. 35-40), and "Passive Voice" (pp. 58-65).
During our workshop, we'll be working with those sections alongside the following style points from Wikipedia, in case you are interested in browsing ahead:
- neutral point of view
- due and undue weight
- words to watch
- making necessary assumptions
- common objections and clarifications
- gender-neutral language
- editorializing
- jargon and technical vocabulary
You'll notice that some of these are whole subtopics within Wikipedia's Manual of Style, while others are partial topics embedded in other discussions about style. I have pointed us to these sections specifically, but there is certainly nothing preventing you from exploring further on any topic!
Looking forward to it,
-Prof. Graban
