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Chapter 6 Choosing Words With Care

Chapter 6 Choosing Words With Care. By: Josh, Charlie, Anna, Austi. Goal. We will explain what the proper word choice is to use while writing an E-mail. Keys to Effective Word Choice. Avoid unnecessary adjectives and adverbs. Use specific words. Avoid technical words and jargon.

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Chapter 6 Choosing Words With Care

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  1. Chapter 6Choosing Words With Care By: Josh, Charlie, Anna, Austi

  2. Goal We will explain what the proper word choice is to use while writing an E-mail.

  3. Keys to Effective Word Choice Avoid unnecessary adjectives and adverbs. Use specific words. Avoid technical words and jargon. Choose words that sound natural.

  4. Modifiers Try to avoid unnecessary adverbs and adjectives. Some little modifiers make you sound uncertain like; a bit, pretty much, and kind of. Sally is a little bit tired and kind of hungry. Sally is tired and hungry.

  5. Picking the “right” Word Avoid easily confused words like to, too, and two or there, their, and they’re. The ball is over there. The ball is at the park.

  6. Nouns and Verbs • Use active verbs and specific nouns. The ball doesn’t bounce here. The basketball ball doesn’t bounce on the carpet.

  7. Jargon •On cloud nine: Extremely happy •Sweet tooth: Someone who loves sweets is said to have a sweet tooth. •Shrink: Psychiatrist •Gumshoe/Private Eye: Detective •Poker face: Blank or unreadable expression •Ball park figure: A value that is numerically estimated •UFO: Unidentified Flying Object •Back Burner: Low priority given, something put off till a date • Avoid tech words and jargon. Use simple and understandable words. • BTW - By the way • CYA - See you around • FAQ - Frequently asked questions • HTH - Hope this helps • MOTD - Message of the day • YMMV - Your mileage may vary • IIRC - If I remember correctly • IANAL - I am not a lawyer • LOL - Laugh out loud • BFF - Best friends forever • TTYL - Talk to you later

  8. Natural and Concise Words Unnatural Accordingly Acquaint Apprise Ascertain Per se Natural So Inform Tell Learn As such Use words that sound natural and aren’t too complicated. Use word that deliver your message quickly and clearly

  9. Conclusion Try to avoid using Jargon while typing an E-mail. Also make sure you don’t use little adverbs and adjectives.

  10. Activity Get with a partner and come up with a list of as many examples of jargon you know, and try to not use them while typing.

  11. Citation Meyer, Verne. Effective E-Mail Made E-Z. Burlington: Upwrite Press, 2006. Print. http://fos.iloveindia.com/jargon-examples.html http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-jargon.html

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