Start Here 1 All You Really Need to Know Messages, Messages, Messages Make Your Messages Rise Above the Din Who Is Your Audience? Challenges Up Next 2 Best Practices for Writing for the Web Write Succinctly Use a Conversational Style Use Precise Terms Use Plain Terms List Items Keep Sentences Short Keep Paragraphs Short Chunk … table of contents – writing for the web
Practice writing with the different cadences shown below. Start with iambic pentameter, which is a natural rhythm for the English language. With iambic pentameter, each line has five iambs. Say out loud “duh DUH, duh DUH, duh DUH, duh DUH, duh DUH” to hear the rhythm. Here’s a line from Shakespeare in iambic pentameter: “But, … poetry rhythms
Design a pattern poem. Pattern poems form shapes with the typographical arrangement of the words and lines of text on the page. Also called shape poetry, concrete poetry, or visual poetry, the concept of merging content and appearance goes way back. Poets in Greek Alexandria, 3rd century BC, wrote poems to decorate religious artworks. (According … 164. pattern poetry