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Recap

f Writing uses signs and symbols to communicate language and emotion
f Writing enables people to articulate their thoughts and feelings
f The writing process involves prewriting, preparing draft, revising, ed-
iting and proofreading
f The writing plan includes planning, organising, writing drafts and re-
vising
f Editing the draft can be done in two ways, self-editing and peer-editing
f A well-written sentence should have clarity and be interesting
f It should be concise
f Emphasis is repeating the same word to give importance to it
f Punctuation and word stress patterns in sentences determine the rhythm
of writing
f The usage of variety improves the effectiveness of written communi-
cation
f Diction is a writer’s choice of words
f Meanings are of two types: the connotative meaning and the denotative
meaning
f Clear and uncomplicated writing is a good writing
f Figurative language is used to convey a meaning other than its literal
meaning
f Predictable word sequences are known as collocations
f Punctuations help us organise our thinking and make it simpler to anal-
yse and express our thoughts

Objective Questions

1. What determines the conciseness of a sentence?
2. What is the term used to describe the repetition of important words and phras-
es in a sentence?
3. What is the regular repeated pattern of sound called?
4. What are the two types of dictions?
5. What is a word’s straightforward and conventional meaning called?
6. What is used by writers to embellish or enhance the writing?
7. Give an example of a collocation.
8. Which is the punctuation that is typically used to combine two independent
clauses with conjunctions in order to improve clarity?
9. Which punctuation indicates possession and contractions?
10. What is the name given to the longer dash?

124 SGOU - FYUGP - SLM - English for Communication