WRTG-106 Chapter 2: Building Better Sentences Chapter 2 Notes
2 Sep 2016
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Most of the terms we use to identify sentences or to label their parts treat the sentence as something dead, something to be dissected, its parts laid out on a table to be identified. Effective writing is writing that anticipates, shapes, and satisfies a reader"s need for information. Effective writing gives the information necessary for thoughtful consideration of the writer"s purpose in introducing a subject. Unless the situation demands otherwise, sentences that convey move information are more effective than those that convey less. In saying simple and direct, simple does not mean simplistic, and direct does not mean short. We need to add words to improve our writing instead of trying to pare our writing down to some kind of telegraphic minimum. Effective writing is largely is largely determined by how well the writer"s effort respond to the situation that has occasioned the writing, the writer"s purpose in writing, and the reader"s needs.
