Writing Concisely

What is conciseness?

• blurry and strung out

• I have no idea

• when you pass out and then wake up

• clear and to the point

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

in place of the wordy expression, "it is my opinion that." what should you use?

• now, today

• I think (believe)

• certainty, surely

• for

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

in conciseness, can you delete words?

• yes

• no

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

what is an elliptical construction?

• one that deliberately omits words that can be understood from the context.

• I don't care

• unnecessary repetition

• a redundancy

Tags

CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B

can pronouns (relative) be deleted?

• yes

• no

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1A

when is repetition useful?

• never

• when it contributes to emphasis or coherence

does redundancy contribute to wordiness?

• yes

• no

you should avoid grammatical redundancy, as in

• double subjects

• double comparisons

• double negatives

• none of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

as you edit a draft, you should

• delete words that add no significant meaning to adjacent words

• add bigger words

• replace wordy expressions with single words

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

when deleting a relative pronoun, you might have to make other changes to a sentnce

• true

• false

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B