Revising and polishing your writing/ENGA104/Using the right words/E-activity-start

Challenge summary

Summary:	Looking at your vocabulary with new eyes
	1 - 2 hours
	Linked to assessment

Using appropriate and varied vocabulary.

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Stimulus resources

1. Lessons learned from the matching exercise.
2. Knowledge acquired through your reading of Section 8.2 from the Handbook for writers and Section 3.2 from the English Composition I course.

Purpose

Now we'll see if you can look at the words you used in your essay with new eyes. The purpose of this learning challenge is to:

• Diagnose problems with your own writing.
• Improve the impact of your essay by choosing the right words.
• Help you produce rich and varied vocabulary to get your argument across.