Writing a strong topic sentence that establishes the subject of the paragraph Using "echo words" -- i.e., consistent terms for the concepts throughout Applying transitions to link sentences logically ...

Express one idea per sentence. Use your current topic — that is ... of text before knowing what to do with them. In other words, keep together what goes together. Then, work on conciseness ...

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