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Eliminate wordiness and redundancy
Choose language that expresses ideas precisely and concisely, recognizing and eliminating wordiness and redundancy
ADDITIONAL MATERIALS
Student Practice Sheet https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AUpwAshV-TTdaVzX_c8iFRxhKPSSTxm-/edit?usp=drivesdk&ouid=103344685123288532282&rtpof=true&sd=true
STANDARDS
CCSS.L.7.3.a Choose language that expresses ideas precisely and concisely, recognizing and eliminating wordiness and redundancy.*
TEKS.E3.13.C revise drafts to clarify meaning and achieve specific rhetorical purposes, consistency of tone, and logical organization by rearranging the words, sentences, and paragraphs to employ tropes (e.g., metaphors, similes, analogies, hyperbole, understatement, rhetorical questions, irony), schemes (e.g., parallelism, antithesis, inverted word order, repetition, reversed structures), and by adding transitional words and phrases;
TEKS.E4.17.B use a variety of correctly structured sentences (e.g., compound, complex, compound-complex).
TEKS.E4.13.C revise drafts to clarify meaning and achieve specific rhetorical purposes, consistency of tone, and logical organization by rearranging the words, sentences, and paragraphs to employ tropes (e.g., metaphors, similes, analogies, hyperbole, understatement, rhetorical questions, irony), schemes (e.g., parallelism, antithesis, inverted word order, repetition, reversed structures), and by adding transitional words and phrases;
TEKS.E2.13.C revise drafts to improve style, word choice, figurative language, sentence variety, and subtlety of meaning after rethinking how well questions of purpose, audience, and genre have been addressed;
TEKS.E1.13.C revise drafts to improve style, word choice, figurative language, sentence variety, and subtlety of meaning after rethinking how well questions of purpose, audience, and genre have been addressed;
TEKS.7.14.C revise drafts to ensure precise word choice and vivid images; consistent point of view; use of simple, compound, and complex sentences; internal and external coherence; and the use of effective transitions after rethinking how well questions of purpose, audience, and genre have been addressed;
TEKS.8.14.C revise drafts to ensure precise word choice and vivid images; consistent point of view; use of simple, compound, and complex sentences; internal and external coherence; and the use of effective transitions after rethinking how well questions of purpose, audience, and genre have been addressed; ZD17dYV_Zec |