Concise Writing and Sentence Structure

Vocabulary flashcards on concise writing, sentence structure, and related concepts.

Concise Writing

Expressing ideas precisely and briefly.

Wordiness

Using too many words to express an idea.

Redundancy

Unnecessary repetition of words and phrases.

Tautology

Using different words to repeat the same idea.

Ambiguity

Uncertainty of meaning in a word, phrase, or sentence.

Parallelism

Using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance.

Loose Sentence

A sentence that begins with a main clause that is followed by phrases or clauses that modify the main clause.

Empathy

The ability to understand and share the feelings of another person.

Concise Sentence

Contains only the number of words necessary to achieve its effect or to make its point.

Coordinating conjunctions

Words such as 'and' or 'or' which are used to join parallel structures.