2.8 Simplicity (Cutting Clutter) Quiz

  • Due Feb 9, 2022 at 11:59pm
  • Points 5
  • Questions 5
  • Available until Feb 18, 2022 at 11:59pm
  • Time Limit None
  • Allowed Attempts Unlimited

Instructions

This quiz asks you to "cut the clutter" described in "On Writing Well."  

Remember: Clutter consists of unnecessary/redundant words.  

For example, in the following sentence, the clutter is in brackets:  

[I think that] it was a [negative] misfortune that we ran into that [evil] fiend.  

REVISED TO BE CLEANER/CLEARER: It was a misfortune that we ran into that fiend.  

 

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