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| Introduction | ||
| Demonstrate Effective Word Choice | ||
| Convey Intended Denotative and Connotative Meanings | ||
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Avoid Slang, Jargon, Cliches, and Pretentious Expressions |
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Avoid Wordiness |
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| Employ Effective Sentence Structure | ||
| Observe Standard Practices for Grammar and Usage | ||
| Conform to Conventions of Standard American English | ||
| Sample Writing Tests | ||
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Demonstrating Effective Word Choice
Use Words That Convey the Denotative and Connotative Meanings Required by Context
This competency requires an ability to make use of effective word choice. The words chosen must be appropriate to the message that is intended. Words that convey an exact meaning are denotative terms. Words that carry emotional, humorous, or negative associations are connotative terms.
An example of the misuse of the denotative word "addiction" is:
Martin has the addiction of biting his fingernails.
The sentence could be corrected by:
Martin has the habit of biting his fingernails.
1) Here is another example of the misuse of a denotative word. Write a sentence that corrects the misuse and click here when you are finished.
She gave the teacher a copout for missing three days of class.
An example of the misuse of a word because it is confused with a different, but similar, word is:
Murphy’s Law is a principal I’ve found to be true.
The sentence could be corrected by:
Murphy’s Law is a principle I’ve found to be true.
2) Here is another example of a similar misuse of a word. Write a sentence that corrects the misuse. Click here when you are finished.
We were already to go when we were told that the flight was canceled.
3) Find the word in the following sentence that is incorrectly used and replace it. Click here when you are finished.
The speaker inferred that the audience was stupid.
4) Find the words in the following sentence that are incorrectly used and replace them. Click here when you are finished.
She use to come to see our family, and she ask us to visit her home in the mountains.
5) Find the words in the following sentence that are incorrectly used and replace them. Click here when you are finished.
Don’t let that terrible site effect your plans to go on alone.
6) Find the words in the following sentence that are incorrectly used and replace them. Click here when you are finished.
They shouldn’t of past that gas station because it was the last one for fifty miles.
7) Find the words in the following sentence that are incorrectly used and replace them. Click here when you are finished.
If you loose the game, everyone will go to the tournament accept you.
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