Vocabulary
True or False: Vocabulary should be dressed up in order to make your paper sound refined and intelligent
False
(you should never dress up your vocabulary because no other word will get your point across more than the first one you came up with)
True or False: The worst writers are those that disregard the rules of rhetoric/grammar.
False
(the Mussolini of rhetoric one said that sometimes the best writers are those that disregard the rules of rhetoric)
True or False: Vocabulary is one of the most important steps when writing your first draft.
False
(As Stephen King says we should put our vocabulary on the top shelf and don’t make any conscious effort to improve upon it until a later stage of writing)
True or False: Grammar does NOT need to be your primary focus when writing a paper.
True
(Grammar should be put in the back of your mind until the revision process)
What is the basic rule of vocabulary?
Use the first word that comes to your mind, if it is appropriate and colorful
What are the two indispensable parts of writing and grammar?
Nouns and verbs
What is the importance of vocabulary?
Vocabulary is important because it is the means of getting your point across in a text.
If you freak out about difficult grammar what should be your first thought?
That all grammar stems from a noun-verb pair and that is the importance of a sentence.
How does the quote “That‘s not what I mean” refer to the topic discussed in our lesson?
Trying to find big words to take place of the original will change the meaning of your text and make it harder to get your point across
What should you use to set up complex sentences?
Simple sentences