Avoids Wordiness and Cliché

Kelly McDonaldENC1102Stedman

Where it can be Found:

On the Assessment Rubric under Style and Language

Usfweb3.usf.edu/fyc_admin/assess/default.aspx

What it Means:

Avoiding wordiness or cliché

Where it is Found:Identifying Clichés the bottom line older but wiser last but not least in this

day and age different as night and day out of this world white as a ghost

sick as a dog tried and

true at the top of their lungs the thrill of victory one in a million busy as a bee easier said

than done better late than never

Where it is Found:

Wordiness

“Don’t say something in ten words if you can say it better in five.” -Teresa Fertser Glazier*

“Simplicity of language is not

only reputable, but perhaps even sacred” –Kurt

Vonnegut*

How to Implement it:

Know enough about your topic!

REVISE YOUR WORK

Follow The Steps

Less words mean less work

Originality is key!

Re-read your paper and make changes

Don’t be redundant

Works Cited

Glazier, Teresa Ferster. The Least you Should Know About English: Basic Writing skills Form A. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston, 1988.

Vonnegut, Kurt. “How To Write With Style.” Palm Sunday 1999:65-72.

USF First Year Assessment Rubric. 12/7/08. CLAQWA. 12/7/08. [Usfweb3.usf.edu/fyc_admin/assess/default.aspx]