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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. | 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. | ||
“When you use a lot of words that deal with ideas, concepts, and things that we can’t touch - vague abstract nouns | |||
such as “invincible”, “emotion”, “existence”, “obscurity”, “consciousness”, “autonomy”, “despair” and so on, the reader feels a | |||
sense of distance from your reality. | |||
Abstract comes from the Latin, meaning “removed from”, or moved from concrete reality. Objects help us to concretize abstract ideas. | |||
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." | 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." | ||
==Consistent Structure== | ==Consistent Structure== | ||