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ENGL 3305
PowerPoint presentations are:
– a supplement to the lectures• cannot replace class attendance
– a guide for taking notes• cannot be used as a thorough study sheet for exams
ENGL 3305Session Two
Clutter
Genre Analysis
Memo letter
Reports
Brochures
Graphic Design
Syntax
Usability Testing
ENGL 3305Session Two
Clutter
Technical Writers
• Provide usable information– To assemble products– To perform a task– To analyze a product
Technical Writers
• Convey one, literal interpretation
– Safety• Fire Safety
– Ethics• Politics
– Time• Economics
What is Clutter?
Linguistic clutter is the supererogatory, erroneous use of morphemes in what are most often rather lengthy syntactical expressions that mostoften obscure the intended meaning of connotation of the scribe of a body of text and send the reader on a laborious quest for truth and meaning.
Avoiding Clutter
• Remove Unnecessary Prepositional Phrases
Linguistic clutter is the supererogatory, erroneous use of morphemes in what are most often rather lengthy syntactical expressions that mostoften obscure the intended meaning of connotation of the scribe of a body of text and send the reader on a laborious quest for truth and meaning.
Avoiding Clutter
• Remove:– Unnecessary Prepositional Phrases– Redundant Wording
Linguistic clutter is the
supererogatory, often erroneous use of morphemes in what are most often ratherlengthy syntactical expressions that most often obscure the intended meaning and therefore send the reader on a laborious quest for truth and meaning.
Avoiding Clutter
• Remove:– Unnecessary Prepositional Phrases– Redundant Wording– Jargon/Uncommon Words
Linguistic clutter is the supererogatory, often erroneous use of morphemes in what are rather lengthy syntactical expressions that obscure the intended meaning, thus sending the reader on a laborious quest for truth and meaning.
Avoiding Clutter
• Remove:– Unnecessary Prepositional Phrases– Redundancies– Jargon/Uncommon Words
Clutter is the overuse of often wrong words in what are rather lengthy sentences that skew the intended meaning and send the reader on a difficult search for truth and meaning.
Avoiding Clutter
• Remove:– Unnecessary Prepositional Phrases– Redundancies– Jargon/Uncommon Words– Unnecessary Words/Ideas
Clutter is the overuse of often wrong words in what are rather lengthy sentences that skew the intended meaning and send the reader on a difficult search for truth and meaning.
Avoiding Clutter
• Remove:– Unnecessary Prepositional
Phrases– Redundancies– Jargon/Uncommon Words– Unnecessary Words/Ideas
Clutter is unnecessary language which can confuse the reader.
Special Thanks
David Ghitis
Writing Center Tutor