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Wordiness and Redundancies - Pepito

1) Wordiness refers to using too many unnecessary words that clutter writing and take away from clarity. Good writing uses the simplest words to convey meaning. 2) Redundancy is the unnecessary repetition of words, phrases, sentences, or ideas that do not add significance or meaning. 3) Wordiness and redundancy should be avoided in academic writing to improve clarity and communicate ideas clearly without extra words masking the main points. Using concise language helps ensure every word serves a purpose.

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Wordiness and Redundancies - Pepito

1) Wordiness refers to using too many unnecessary words that clutter writing and take away from clarity. Good writing uses the simplest words to convey meaning. 2) Redundancy is the unnecessary repetition of words, phrases, sentences, or ideas that do not add significance or meaning. 3) Wordiness and redundancy should be avoided in academic writing to improve clarity and communicate ideas clearly without extra words masking the main points. Using concise language helps ensure every word serves a purpose.

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Assignment – Wordiness and Redundancy

Name: Pepito, Victoria Ashley P. Submission Date: July 9,2021

Instructions

I. Define the following terms:

A. Wordiness - Wordy sentences use too many useless words that


clutter writing. Good writing is simple and direct; it uses the
simplest word possible that conveys the same meaning.
Wordiness takes away from this clarity

B. Redundancy- Redundancy in writing is the unnecessary


repetition or duplication of words, phrases, sentences, ideas
and information etc. - anything that could be omitted without
loss of significance or meaning.

II. In your own words, explain/discuss why wordiness and redundancy should
be avoided in academic writing.

Wordiness should be avoided in writing academic paper because e


all want to communicate clearly, but wordy sentence constructions can
mask the best of ideas. In an effective sentence, every word serves a
purpose and occupies the right spot. The suggestions below may help
you to compose clearer, more concise sentences.
the word redundancy carries negative connotations, and as we’ve
seen it can affect the quality of your writing, redundancy/repetition is
also a linguistically sound way of showing emphasis in your writing.
Wordiness can sneak into your paper without you even realizing it.
When we draft, we often write how we think or speak. These extra
words, however, need to be eliminated in academic writing in order to
improve clarity.It can be used for rhetorical effect to draw your readers
attention to certain words, ideas, and information.It’s also useful for
reducing the scope for readers to misunderstand or misinterpret your
words. And although it’s more common to use repetition in speech,
where the possibility for a listener to misunderstand is greater than for a
reader, repetition in writing is still a useful tactic.If a message is entirely
without redundancy, if it contains ONLY that which is strictly necessary,
it’s easy to lose or radically change the meaning in that message when
even a minor error is made.And last but not least, redundancy can help
with the rhythm of your sentences making your writing easier to read.

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