WRA-130 Ellie Jensen

emphasis- unemphatic, emphatic: sentence order is important

coordination: choppy sentences, idea's coordinate expresses equality of ideas or details

subordination, use a phrase, use a short modifier

parallelism, and but yet: using parallelism in comparisons, using parallelism with lists, headings and outlines

variety and details, varying sentence length: break some of the long sentences into shorter, simpler ones

subordination: make the main ideas stand out by expressing the less important information in subordinate clause and phrases

varied sentence beginnings: other expressions imporves readability

choosing appropriate language: standard american language vs nonstandard dialect

shortcuts of online communication: stence fragment, missing punctuation, missing capital letter, nonstandard abbreviation and spelling

slang should be revised colloquial language 

technical words, sexist and other baised language: stereotypes of race, ethnicity, age, and othr characteristics

sexist language: avoid demeaning and patronizing language

choosing exact language: why: to write clearly and effectively. How: find the word that fit with your meaning, a grammar checker

word meaning and synonyms, the right word for your meaning, inexact vs. exact

concrete and specific words: clear, exact writing balances absrtact and general words: abstract words name ideas

general words name classes or groups of things, specific words limit a general class such as buildings, by naming a varity

idions are expressions in any language that do not fit the rules for meaning or grammar for instance put up with plug away at make off with, idions that involve prepositions

figurative language: literal vs. figurative 

trite expression are phrases so ild and so often repreated that they have become stale

you may omit words as long as the omission will not confuse reader: completeness

in hast or carelessness, do not omit small words

concise writing makes every word count: wordy vs. concise