A Closer Look at Writing
Most people evaluate writing from a distance: Does it look like a paragraph or essay? How long is the writing piece? But, upon closer examination of writing, we see that there is so much more to it than those surface-level aspects.
An evaluation of writing must begin at the word level. After all, words are the building blocks of writing, and choosing the wrong ones, usually unknowingly due to lack of vocabulary building efforts, takes the spotlight off of correct spelling and capitalization, punctuation, and grammar usage; proper paragraph and essay construction; and the author’s message, and places it on the incorrectly used words—making them the paper's focus.
Two of the easiest ways to ensure that the right words are used in one’s writing are to consistently build one's vocabulary through an Advanced Vocabulary course and always use a reputable dictionary, such as Britannica Dictionary, when writing.
The latter absolutely cannot be bypassed, yet students do so on a regular basis, thinking that it will save them time when it does the opposite because they end up needing to spend more time revising, rewording their writing over and over again, trying to figure out the appropriate words to use through trial and error, not word knowledge.
When writers invest time in word study, their writing does not just look like a paragraph or essay of an "approved" length from a distance, but it actually communicates their intended message to their audience because it uses the right words.
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