Objectives

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Objectives

• Explain why your reader may interpret your words
  differently from your intended meaning
• Find resources to get help in choosing your words
• Choose simple, concise, appropriate, correct,
  specific, positive words

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The Writing Process
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Message
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The Meaning of Words
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• Connotative subtle,
  suggestive meaning
• Denotative dictionary meaning

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Get Help in Choosing Words
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• Thesaurus
• provides synonyms
• emblem, n. symbol, token, sign,
• mark, device

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Get Help in Choosing Words
2-3b

• Dictionary
• provides definitions
• pretzel (pr ts l) n. A glazed biscuit,
  salted on the outside, usually baked in the form
  of a loose knot or stick.

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Use Simple Words
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Complex Simple commence start subsequently late
r utilize use
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Use Simple Words
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Complex Simple commence start subsequently late
r utilize use
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Inappropriate Expressions
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in view of the fact that in a nutshell put up
with ups and downs
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Bias-Free Words
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Avoid Use landlord owner saleswoman sales
associate or sales representative spoke
sman spokesperson workmens workers
compensation compensation
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Correct Words
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Canvas a course fabric Canvass to conduct a
survey its possessive form of it its means
it is loose not restrained lose to mislay
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Redundant Expressions
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free gift basic essentials refer back
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Nonexistent Words and Expressions
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irregardless somewheres should of
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Specific Words
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General Specific large amount a
hundred recently last week soon by May 31
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Positive Words
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Positive Negative can cannot enjoy dissati
sfied profit loss valuable unfortunate