Revising for Plain Language writing class homework
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Exercise #1 Contains no more than five 'question' headings to create groups and clarify the structure of the material. |
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Exercise #2 Successfully replaces words referring to the user and the organization with pronouns such as "we" and "you" to engage the reader. If needed, sentences may contain minor revisions to maintain grammatical correctness. |
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Exercise #3 Recognizing Passive Verbs: Provides a subject for all verb phrases in each row; identifies passive verb phrase in each row by highlighting it. Changing Passive to Active Successfully changes passive to active voice in all examples; if necessary, revised for clarity and to add an agent if one is missing. |
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Exercise #4 Both paragraphs are revised to two, shorter sentences. No important details are omitted. |
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Exercise #5 All five samples are successfully revised for concision and clarity. |
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All four samples have been revised to create lists to simplify and clarify the material. This procedure has clearly been followed: A. A colon has been added to signal where the list begins. B. The phrase before the colon has been converted into a complete sentence. C. Each list item is located on its own line. D. Item numbers have been inserted before the list items. E. Only minor word changes have been made to avoid usage errors. |
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