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==Awareness== | ==Awareness== | ||
==Concrete Language== | ==Concrete Language== | ||
When you are writing a new entry for your blog '''Concrete Language''' will help to make your writing more real to your readers. '''Concrete Language''' names or describes the perceptible and material world; it appeals to or engages the senses. Many concrete words or phrases can be defined by touching, pointing, or acting: sofa, star, swim in the river. | |||
We should "stick as much as possible to simple language that’s easy to visualize—concrete verbs like ‘write’ or ‘walk’ beat ambiguous ones like ‘benefit’ and ‘improve’—and avoid the passive tense." | |||
Objects help us to concretize abstract ideas. | |||
==Consistent Structure== | ==Consistent Structure== | ||
==Imaginative Language== | ==Imaginative Language== | ||