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A PowerPoint Presenting How to Avoid Wordy Sentence Constructions in Your Own Writing in and out of Class. Get it? . What is “wordiness”?. Using too many words to express a thought.

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  1. A PowerPoint Presenting How to Avoid Wordy Sentence Constructions in Your Own Writing in and out of Class Get it?

  2. What is “wordiness”? • Using too many words to express a thought. • The following sentence is wordy. What words could you take away without losing any of the meaning of the sentence? • The reason why he came to Douglas College was because it was inexpensive in price. • The words reason, why, and because all express the same idea. • Saying something is inexpensive includes the idea of price. • A more concise version of the sentence might be: • He came to Douglas College because it was inexpensive.

  3. Now back to the warm-up… • Here’s another example of wordiness: • Despite the fact that she was feeling ill, she came to the conclusion that she would go to work. • Despite the fact that is really just a long way of saying despite. • Came to the conclusion that is a long way of saying decided. • A more concise version of the sentence is: • Despite feeling ill, she decided to go to work.

  4. Replacements for wordy expressions • At this moment/point in time • Due to the fact that • For the purpose of • It is clear/obvious that • Without a doubt • There is no question that • In this day and age • Now/today • Because • For • Clearly/obviously • Undoubtedly • Certainly • Today

  5. Wordiness—Intensifiers (Camping involves intense fires…) • Really, very, extremely, completely, totally • Overuse causes the words to lose meaning. If you have a ton, it makes what your saying lame sauce. • It’s seriously annoying when really every single word is very important and a really big deal because it’s very counterproductive to place a lot of very intense, albeit really pointless words, in front of words that don’t really need very many intensifiers.

  6. Avoid clichés • Better late than never • Crushing blow • Easier said than done • Sad but true • Sigh of relief • Tried but true • Ladder of success

  7. Passive Voice • Extraneous words/phrases are inevitably included in sentences by using passive voice. • Ex: • The criminal was caught by the police, and later the criminal was convicted by the courts. • The police caught the criminal, and the court convicted him

  8. Practice Time! Rewrite the following sentences in a more concise way. • The stegosaurus was very huge in size. • The stegosaurus was huge. • Very unencumbered by a real sense of responsibility, Jim left his wife with forty-nine kids and a can of beans. • Jim left his wife with forty-nine kids and a can of beans. • On January 14, in the middle of winter, the weather was really freezing cold. • On January 14, the weather was freezing. • Furthermore, Henry VIII also married six different women. • Henry VIII also married six women

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