Vocabulary Presentation

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Vocabulary Presentation Journal Exchange

• Wednesday, March 28, 2007

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Agenda for today

• Funny Video
• Vocabulary presentation
• Journal Exchange
• Eliminating Wordiness

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Vocabulary Presentation

• Yousuf
• Yun Chang
• Gerui
• Pedro
• Xiaoyun
• Luciano

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Vocabulary Presentation

• Irene
• Senlong
• Dora
• Itcho
• Insik (Danny)
• Yun Jong (John)
• Enrique

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Journal Exchange

• Luciano Estelle
• Jessica Sung Hwa
• Eun Gerui
• Pedro Xiaoyun
• Jialin Yousuf
• Amily Shuai
• Yi Yuen Chang

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Journal Exchange

• Adwan Senlong
• Jee Hyun Peng Hooi
• Sang Yeon Jie
• Sung Bo Tee
• Irene Yuhang (Ted)
• Dora Enrique
• Itcho Yun Jong (John)
• Aaron Insik (Danny)

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Eliminating Wordiness

• A good way to find out which words are essential
  in a sentence is to underline the key words.
  Then, look carefully at the remaining words so
  you can determine which are unnecessary and
  eliminate wordiness by deleting them.

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Eliminating Wordiness

• It seems to me that it does not make sense to
  allow any bail to be granted to anyone who has
  ever been convicted of a violent crime.
• Bail should not be granted to anyone who has ever
  been convicted of a violent crime.

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Eliminating Wordiness

• 1) Eliminating Deadwood
• Deadwood is a term used for unnecessary phrases
  that take up space and add nothing to meaning.
• There were many factors that influenced his
  decision to become a priest.
• Many factors influenced his decision to become a
  priest.

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Eliminating Wordiness

• In this article it discusses lead poisoning.
• This article discusses lead poisoning.
• They played a racquetball game that was
  exhausting.
• They played an exhausting game.

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Eliminating Wordiness

• 2) Eliminating Utility Words
• Utility words contribute nothing in a sentence.
  Utility words include nouns with imprecise
  meanings (factor, situation, type, aspect, and so
  on) adjectives so general that they are almost
  meaningless (good, bad, important) and common
  adverbs denoting degree (basically, actually,
  quite, very, definitely). Often, you can delete
  the utility word if you cannot, replace it with
  a more precise word.

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Eliminating Wordiness

• The registration situation was disorganized.
• The registration was disorganized.
• The scholarship basically offered Fran a good
  opportunity to study Spanish in Spain.
• The scholarship offered Fran an opportunity to
  study Spanish in Spain.

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Eliminating Wordiness

• It was actually a worthwhile book, but I didnt
  completely finish it.
• It was a worthwhile book, but I didnt finish it.

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Eliminating Wordiness

• 3) Avoid Circumlocution
• Taking a roundabout way to say something (using
  ten words when five will do) is called
  circumlocution. Instead of complicated
  construction, use concise, specific words, and
  phrases that come right to the point.

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Eliminating Wordiness

• It is not unlikely that the trend will continue.
• The trend will probably continue.
• Joe was in the army during the same time that I
  was in the college.
• Joe was in the army while I was in college.

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Homework

• Respond to a classmates journal
• Read two sample interview papers
• Conduct the interview by this weekend