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Clear and Concise Writing

Clear and Concise Writing. MIS 495 Spring 2013. What are you saying?. It helps to know what you want to say. Use topic sentences to summarize what you are saying. Add helpful details in subsequent sentences. Conciseness Strategies. State your idea directly: get to the point .

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Clear and Concise Writing

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  1. Clear and Concise Writing MIS 495 Spring 2013

  2. What are you saying? • It helps to know what you want to say. • Use topic sentences to summarize what you are saying. • Add helpful details in subsequent sentences.

  3. Conciseness Strategies • State your idea directly: get to the point. • Eliminate (or use very carefully) redundant or unnecessary words and ideas. Question: Is the word “very” helpful?

  4. RevisionExample • Eliminate (or use only after careful consideration) unnecessary words and ideas. • When is it good to be redundant? • More examples on the web. Search for “concise writing”. • http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/concise.html

  5. Is it clear? • Read your own text aloud. • Is it clear? • Is there fog around your ideas? • Does it reflect what you want to say? • Revise for clarity and conciseness.

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