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

ENGL 3305Session Two

Clutter

Genre Analysis

Memo letter

Reports

Brochures

Graphic Design

Syntax

Usability Testing

ENGL 3305Session Two

Clutter

Technical Writers

• Provide usable information– To assemble products– To perform a task– To analyze a product

Technical Writers

• Convey one, literal interpretation

– Safety• Fire Safety

– Ethics• Politics

– Time• Economics

What is Clutter?

Linguistic clutter is the supererogatory, erroneous use of morphemes in what are most often rather lengthy syntactical expressions that mostoften 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.

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 mostoften 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.

Avoiding Clutter

• Remove:– Unnecessary Prepositional Phrases– Redundant Wording

Linguistic clutter is the

supererogatory, often erroneous use of morphemes in what are most often ratherlengthy syntactical expressions that most often obscure the intended meaning and therefore send the reader on a laborious quest for truth and meaning.

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.

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.

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.

Avoiding Clutter

• Remove:– Unnecessary Prepositional

Phrases– Redundancies– Jargon/Uncommon Words– Unnecessary Words/Ideas

Clutter is unnecessary language which can confuse the reader.

Special Thanks

David Ghitis

Writing Center Tutor