The things I write to my students...

... to foreshadow what we are going to cover in class.

To wit, this is a message I wrote to my evening group making sure to include some tools and techniques used in writing for stylistic purposes:
- direct speech
- hyphenation
- capitalization
- punctuation
- abbreviation
- italics.

You see, I think good writing is nothing but a bunch of tools and techniques. But you need to know what to look for.

So, take a look at this paragraph from the article from "The Guardian" about new year resolutions. What other writing tools and techniques can you spot? ❓

"Consider the situation. For one thing, you’re too busy (who isn’t?), so it’s not as though making time for several new daily habits is likely to prove straightforward. For another thing, you’re a good person, who generally seeks to do their best – so the fact that you’re not already working out thrice weekly, or meditating daily, or doing more to reduce your carbon footprint or organise your personal finances, isn’t for want of trying. There are reasons these behaviours haven’t proved easier for you. And now a resolution is somehow going to change things? Good luck with that."

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/dec/30/the-key-to-keeping-new-year-resolutions-dont-make-them-in-the-first-place