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Using Precise Language in Writing

The document provides examples of vague language and prompts the reader to rewrite sentences using more precise language. It gives one example of rewriting a vague sentence about water usage to be more specific and illegal. It then lists 5 additional sentences about water boiling, star visibility, a flood, car quality, and carelessness that the reader is asked to rewrite with clearer language.

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Using Precise Language in Writing

The document provides examples of vague language and prompts the reader to rewrite sentences using more precise language. It gives one example of rewriting a vague sentence about water usage to be more specific and illegal. It then lists 5 additional sentences about water boiling, star visibility, a flood, car quality, and carelessness that the reader is asked to rewrite with clearer language.

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  • Using Precise Language Exercise

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Name________________
Date________________

Using Precise Language


Directions: rewrite the following sentences to replace vague language with precise
language.
Example:
Vague Sentence I think that there should be law against using too much water.
Precise Sentence It should be illegal to waste water.

1. I think it may be true that you can make water turn into steam if you make the water
hot enough.
________________________________________________________________________
2. You and I will be able to see the first stars appear in the night sky at exactly eight
thirty at night.
________________________________________________________________________
3. Thousands of types of animals that live on the land were destroyed in the great
amazing flood of 1675.
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4. I think that my new car is an extremely high quality piece of machinery.
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5. Tom is a careless person.
________________________________________________________________________
6. One universal language for everybody in the world to communicate with each other
with would be much easier.
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