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1 ENGL 3305 PowerPoint presentations are: –a supplement to the lectures cannot replace class attendance –a guide for taking notes cannot be used as a thorough study sheet for exams

2 ENGL 3305 Session Two Clutter Genre Analysis Memo letter Reports Brochures Graphic Design Syntax Usability Testing

3 ENGL 3305 Session Two Clutter

4 Technical Writers Provide usable information –To assemble products –To perform a task –To analyze a product

5 Technical Writers Convey one, literal interpretation –Safety Fire Safety –Ethics Politics –Time Economics

6 What is Clutter? Linguistic clutter is the supererogatory, erroneous use of morphemes in what are most often rather lengthy syntactical expressions that most often obscure the intended meaning of connotation of the scribe of a body of text and send the reader on a laborious quest for truth and meaning.

7 Avoiding Clutter Remove Unnecessary Prepositional Phrases Linguistic clutter is the supererogatory, erroneous use of morphemes in what are most often rather lengthy syntactical expressions that most often obscure the intended meaning of connotation of the scribe of a body of text and send the reader on a laborious quest for truth and meaning.

8 Avoiding Clutter Remove: –Unnecessary Prepositional Phrases –Redundant Wording Linguistic clutter is the supererogatory, often erroneous use of morphemes in what are most often rather lengthy syntactical expressions that most often obscure the intended meaning and therefore send the reader on a laborious quest for truth and meaning.

9 Avoiding Clutter Remove: –Unnecessary Prepositional Phrases –Redundant Wording –Jargon/Uncommon Words Linguistic clutter is the supererogatory, often erroneous use of morphemes in what are rather lengthy syntactical expressions that obscure the intended meaning, thus sending the reader on a laborious quest for truth and meaning.

10 Avoiding Clutter Remove: –Unnecessary Prepositional Phrases –Redundancies –Jargon/Uncommon Words Clutter is the overuse of often wrong words in what are rather lengthy sentences that skew the intended meaning and send the reader on a difficult search for truth and meaning.

11 Avoiding Clutter Remove: –Unnecessary Prepositional Phrases –Redundancies –Jargon/Uncommon Words –Unnecessary Words/Ideas Clutter is the overuse of often wrong words in what are rather lengthy sentences that skew the intended meaning and send the reader on a difficult search for truth and meaning.

12 Avoiding Clutter Remove: –Unnecessary Prepositional Phrases –Redundancies –Jargon/Uncommon Words –Unnecessary Words/Ideas Clutter is unnecessary language which can confuse the reader.

13 Special Thanks David Ghitis Writing Center Tutor

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