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B USING CLEAR WORDS
CLEAR WORDS are those which say exactly what you are thinking.
Unclear words are not interesting to your readers. They may be too dull!
Pick words that have specific meaning.
EXAMPLE Clear
It was a warm, sunny day.
Unclear My head was hurting.
It was a nice day. She is very generous.
I felt bad. My mom has three antique sofas.
She is a good person.
My mom has lots of old stuff.
YOUR
TURN The sentence is too unclear. Add two more CLEAR sentences.
“The monster is a little scary.”
The monster has sharp, The monster
yellow teeth.
.
The monster
.
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CLEAR WORDS are those which say exactly what you are thinking.
Unclear words are not interesting to your readers. They may be too dull!
Pick words that have specific meaning.
EXAMPLE Clear
It was a warm, sunny day.
Unclear My head was hurting.
It was a nice day. She is very generous.
I felt bad. My mom has three antique sofas.
She is a good person.
My mom has lots of old stuff.
YOUR
TURN The sentence is too unclear. Add two more CLEAR sentences.
“The monster is a little scary.”
The monster has sharp, The monster
yellow teeth.
.
The monster
.
Unit 2. WORD CHOICE ✷ 23
