This is a PowerPoint about wordiness. Presented by Alexandro Luna, a COMM 2305 student at Palo Alto College in San Antonio, Texas.

1. Wordy- characterized by the
use of too many words.
By Alexandro Luna

2. Why reduce Wordiness?
• To be more effective and impressive in your
writing.
• Being concise keeps the reader engaged.
• Wordiness detracts from the overall
message/argument.

3. What to look out for?
Avoid these phrases:
• “Because of the fact that/Due
to the fact that”- Because
• “Have a tendency to”- Tends
• “In my opinion”
Words that are not as necessary:
• Really, very, quite, extremely
severely.
• These words should not be
discarded, but best used
sparingly!

5. Eliminate Redundancy and ditch passive voice!
Clean up your writing and
strengthen it!
Example: “An investigation was
ordered by the FBI.- The FBI
requested an investigation.”
Rid yourself of there is/there
are.

6. How to steer clear of wordiness:
• Always revise, edit, proofread and even have
someone else check your work!
• Forget clichés (old and trite language) and be wary
of euphemisms (a word or phrase that substitutes
language for readers).

7. That’s all folks!

8. Works Cited
• http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/GRAMMAR/concise.htm
"Writing Concise Sentences." Writing Concise Sentences. N.p., n.d. Web. 04
Apr. 2016.
• http://www.macalester.edu/max/writing/wordiness/
"Reducing Wordiness - MAX (Macalester Academic Excellence) Center -
Macalester College." Reducing Wordiness - MAX (Macalester Academic
Excellence) Center - Macalester College. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Apr. 2016.