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Word Choice- Clarity & Precision


Click here to see detailed information for every writing trait from the Northwest Regional Education Laboratory.

 

Think of word choice as the seasoning in your favorite dish. Too much seasoning causes as much damage as too little. Your words should illuminate your ideas. Precision with word choice will help your ideas take flight!

 

Some great sources for word choice:

www.thesaurus.com 

 Merriam-Webster  Online Thesaurus

 

For help with awkward wording and phrasing, see this link:

Awkward and Wordy Sentences- from a professor at Louisiana State University

Avoid colloquialisms like the plague! What's a colloquialism? This link from Chicago-Kent Schoool of Law offers an example. 

Want a definition for "colloquialism"? Use the Gale Glossary of Literary Terms as a  resource.