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==Awareness== | ==Awareness== | ||
==Concrete Language== | ==Concrete Language== | ||
When | When writing a new blog entry using '''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. Concrete words are words that others can relate to by using the five 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 | “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 | such as “invincible”, “emotion”, “existence”, “obscurity”, “consciousness”, “autonomy”, “despair” and so on, the reader feels a | ||
sense of distance from your reality. | sense of distance from your reality. | ||
Example of an Abstract Sentence: | |||
To excel in college, you’ll have to work hard. | |||
Example of a Concrete Sentence: | |||
To excel in college, you’ll need to do go to every class; do all your | |||
reading before you go; write several drafts of each paper; and review | |||
your notes for each class weekly. | |||
Abstract comes from the Latin, meaning “removed from”, or moved from concrete reality. Objects help us to concretize abstract ideas. | Abstract comes from the Latin, meaning “removed from”, or moved from concrete reality. Objects help us to concretize abstract ideas. | ||