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Jenny Mark

Jenny Mark is a graduate of California State University of San Bernardino and lives in Southern California. She is a part time professor for Baker College, Southern New Hampshire University, Vista College, and Baker College. She teachs composition, creative writing, and essential college skills. Check out her blog at http://jennysuemark.com

Inspirational Quotes and Images

2 years ago with no comments in Motivational

As a professor, I’m always trying to find good inspirational or motivational quotes and images for my students.  I know how important inspirational messages can be for my students. Students often tell me how important these images, videos, and other materials are to them. Most students ...

Guide to Writing Conclusions

6 years ago with no comments in Conclusion

A good conclusion is going to bring your overall work to its final stage. It is what will be most memorable about your document because it is the last thing your reader will have seen. Like your introduction, it is vital that you are considerate of your reader in your conclusion and that you ...

Paragraph Development and Organization

6 years ago with no comments in Paragraph

Many people struggle with writing a complete, unified, and coherent paragraph, no matter what purpose that paragraph serves. In order to be complete, a paragraph has three necessary parts: the topic sentence, the body, and the concluding sentence. These parts are vital because they help the ...

A Guide to Writing Introductions

6 years ago with 1 comment in Introduction

Writing an introduction is a vital and essential part of any paper. It is the first thing your reader is going to see. It is the first contact with your reader. It sets the tone and the style of what the reader will be reading. You want to make sure it is conveying the right message, and is ...

Sentence Fragments

6 years ago with no comments in Sentence Structure

As an instructor for introductory English courses at a variety of colleges, I have seen many students use incomplete sentences, otherwise known as sentence fragments. These are very common, but can be easily fixed. Unfortunately, many students struggle with this issue. A sentence fragment ...

The Basics of MLA Formatting

6 years ago with no comments in MLA Formatting

MLA formatting is commonly used in Humanities classes and is a very common method of formatting. While it does change periodically from edition to edition, most changes are minor and have little direct effect for most people. In MLA formatting, there are several key formatting issues to be ...

Summary vs Paraphrase vs Quote

6 years ago with 4 comments in APA Formatting, Using Evidence

The Differences between Quoting, Summarizing, and Paraphrasing Research plays a huge part in any writing project because this is how you can present information and strengthen your own arguments. As you complete research, you will want to keep track of any sources you examine and be sure to ...

Block Quote for Long Quotations in APA formatting

6 years ago with no comments in APA Formatting

While some students prefer to summarize or paraphrase source materials in their writing, a lot of students will use quotes to help make their points or to support their arguments. However, many students will then use quotes that are too long, and then don’t know how to properly format ...

How to Cluster – a Brainstorming Exercise

8 years ago with 1 comment in Organization, Outlines

How to use Clustering to Brainstorm a Topic When you need to write about something or face a big project, it is a good idea to try a brainstorming activity. Different brainstorming activities work better depending on the project or topic. However, one of my favorites and a common brainstorming ...

Essay Writing Strategies – “Building a

8 years ago with no comments in Organization

How Building an Essay is Similar to Building a House While there are many writing strategies for building an essay that can be successful, I often recommend this strategy to my students because I think it is easy to relate to and helps students clearly see the bottom up structure of essay ...