CMN 279 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Jargon, List Of Fables Characters, Topic Sentence

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 279
• Professor: John Burry

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Conciseness: consider how long it takes to read, consider how the choice of words affects coherence and readability, eliminate unnecessary info, )mportant info shouldn"t be in the middle of a memo/sentence. The end is the best place because it"s the last thing that sticks in the reader"s mind: remember not to compress writing it could be rude (i. e. commands) in (cid:498)that(cid:499) or (cid:498)because(cid:499)(cid:524) Don"t beat around the bush get to the real news an (cid:498)-tion(cid:499) or (cid:498)-ment(cid:499) ending(cid:524) Eliminate long lead-ins (eliminate any opening phrases ending. Revise noun conversion (avoid verbs turned into nouns with. Eliminate redundancies (restating words: strategies for concise writing: words what you could say in 1. Use strong, precise, accurate verbs don"t say in multiple. Revise prepositional phrases (cid:523)beginning with (cid:498)in(cid:499), (cid:498)to(cid:499), (cid:498)at(cid:499), (cid:498)of(cid:499), (cid:498)after(cid:499), (cid:498)with(cid:499), (cid:498)between(cid:499)(cid:524) Avoid opening with (cid:498)there is(cid:499), (cid:498)there are(cid:499), and (cid:498)it(cid:499) they force reader to wait for subject.