4. 正确使用平行结构
Yourlistenercanunderstandtheflowofyourideasbetterifyouuseparallelstructureswhenyouspeak. Readthefollowingincorrectexample:
Myteachergaveinterestingassignmentsandmotivatingthestudents.
Thelistenermaybeconfusedbecausethespeakerhasmixeddifferentgrammaticalstructures. DoesthespeakermeanMyteachergaveinterestingandmotivatingassignmentstothestudents? Inthissentence, interestingandmotivatingareparalleladjectives. OrdoesthespeakermeanMyteachergaveinterestingassignmentsandmotivatedthestudents? Inthissentence, gaveandmotivatedareparallelverbs.
5. 对关键词进行替换或同义转换
Whenaspeakerkeepsrepeatingawordorphrase, listenerscangetconfused. Readthefollowingexample:
Myteacherwrotetheassignmentonthechalkboard. Theassignmentwasonthechalkboarduntiltheteachererasedtheassignmentafterwehadalldonetheassignment.
Thisspeakersideaswouldbecleareriftherepeatedwordswerereplacedwithotherexpressionsorwithpronouns. Lookatthewaythisexamplecanbeimproved:
Myteacherwrotetheassignmentonthechalkboard. Sheerasedtheboardafterwehadallcompletedthetask.
Thewordassignmenthasbeenreplacedwithtask; thewordteacherwithshe; andthewordchalkboardwithboard.
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