The specific is terrific

Series: Effective and Creative Writing Series

Duration: 0:12:00

Genre: Educational | Instructional

Year Published: 1971

Creator: Centron Educational Films: Distributor | Lane Education Service District: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Copyright: Registered 1Oct71 · MP22013 (Jul-Dec 1971) Copyright holder: Centron Corp., Inc

Description: Uses a letter and a term paper to illustrate the power potential in precise nouns and verbs. Teaches students to recognize the difference between general and specific and demonstrates how the use of specific detail improves writing., How communicating specific information and carefully selecting specific nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs can add interest and clarity to a theme, short story, technical report, letter, or any kind of writing.

Complete Record: , Uses several situations such as a theme paper, description of a dog, and a letter home to illustrate how the careful use of parts of speech improves communication imagery, interest, and understanding. Stresses that nouns and verbs are fundamental parts of sentence structure and that the role of modifiers is to complement rather than substitute for inadequate structural usage., How communicating specific information and carefully selecting specific nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs can add interest and clarity to a theme, short story, technical report, letter, or any kind of writing.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.