How To Write a Good Book Report in Seven Steps

Are you having trouble writing your book report? Don’t worry, you’ve come to the right place. We’re going to give you seven easy steps that’ll help you write the perfect book report.

Quick Summary on How To Write a Book Report
  1. As you read the book, highlight and take notes.
  2. Reread the instructions of the assignment.
  3. Organize your notes and create an outline.
  4. Write a compelling introduction.
  5. Include quotations, examples, and supporting evidence in the body paragraphs.
  6. Encapsulate the main point of your text in the conclusion.
  7. Edit and proofread.

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Writing a Formal Email: I Hope This Blog Finds You Well

“I hope this email finds you well” is an email cliché you should avoid using. Instead, you can use any of the five alternatives listed below.

Quick Summary on “I Hope This Email Finds You Well” Alternatives
I hope this email finds you well is a phrase that is used at the beginning of formal emails. The problem with it is that it is unoriginal, overused, and inauthentic. Formal alternatives you could use instead are:

  • I know you’re busy, so I’ll be brief.
  • I hope you’re having a productive week.
  • It’s a pleasure connecting with you again.
  • I hope you’re doing well [+ add personal touch].

Another option is to jump straight to the point of your email.

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Emailing a Professor 101

Need help with sending an email to your professor? It can be quick and easy if you follow the steps below.

When writing an email to a professor, you should always use a formal tone and vocabulary and stick to the point of the message. Additionally, you should make sure to:

  1. Use your academic email address.
  2. Write a clear and concise subject line.
  3. Use a formal salutation.
  4. Introduce yourself.
  5. Briefly explain why you’re emailing.
  6. End the email with a formal closing.
  7. Check for spelling and grammar errors.

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English Is Hard. We Agree in Principle … or Is It Principal?

Principal can function as an adjective that means “most significant” or “main.” As a noun, it refers to someone in an authoritative position or someone who leads a school.

Principle can only ever function as a noun and means “a moral rule or strong belief that influences your behavior or actions.”

The constant arguing was the principal reason for our departure.

Before she became the principal, she was a teacher for 25 years.

My principles do not allow me to cheat on a test.

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Paraphrase Is All the Craze: LanguageTool Can Help Rewrite Your Sentences to Perfection

How can a free paraphrasing tool elevate your writing to the next level? We’ll go over rewriting sentences with LanguageTool’s paraphraser.

LanguageTool’s A.I.–powered paraphraser can help enhance your texts by rewriting your sentences to be more fluent, more formal, or shorter.

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What’s the Difference Between Homophones, Homographs, and Homonyms?

Homophones, homographs, and homonyms share the same prefix, but other than that, they have different meanings. Here’s a quick summary:

  • Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings and may or may not be spelled differently (by, buy, bye).
  • Homographs are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings or pronunciations (bow, referring to the noun and verb).
  • Homonyms are both a homophone and a homograph, or either one or the other.

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Oxford Spelling: What Is It and How Does It Differ From British Spelling?

Oxford spelling is the established spelling standard used by the Oxford University Press (OUP). It’s used for many British publications. It is characterized by the incorporation of typical British English spelling—except that it uses a “z” in “–ize” suffixes (e.g., organize instead of organise).

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LanguageTool as Your Spell Checker in LibreOffice

LanguageTool is now available on LibreOffice, a free office suite used by millions worldwide. We’ll show you how to enable LanguageTool on this powerful program.

Disclaimer
This plug-in for LibreOffice comes from the LanguageTool community and is therefore not official. When installing on macOS, the screenshots as well as the individual steps may differ slightly.

At this point we would like to thank the developers on behalf of LanguageTool for the development and provision of the plug-in.

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