1. Vocab

2. Abstain- (dictionary.com)
verb (used without object)
1.to hold oneself back voluntarily, especially from something regarded as improper or unhealthy (usually followed by from):
to abstain from eating meat.
2.to refrain from casting one's vote:
a referendum in which two delegates abstained.

3. Abstain- (wikipedia)
is a term in election procedure for when a participant in a vote either does not go to vote (on election day) or, in parliamentary procedure, is present during the vote, but does n
ot cast a ballot.

4. Examples of Abstain: Choosing not to vote.
When choosing not to do something
When choosing not to have something.

5. Brevity- (dictionary.com)
noun
1.shortness of time or duration; briefness :
the brevity of human life.
2.the quality of expressing much in few words

6. Brevity- wikipedia
(noun) is concision, the quality of being brief or concise

7. Examples of Brevity: Shortness of time Shortness of use of words
Type of poem

8. Quiz What part of speech is abstain?
brevity is shortness of time. True or false?
In what type of situation would you abstain?
True or false: Brevity is a verb.