Republic of the Philippines

BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY JPLPC-Malvar

Malvar, Batangas
Tel. Nos.: (043) 778-2170/ (043) 406-0830 loc. 124
Website Address: http://www.batstate-u.edu.ph

COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION

Secondary Education Program

Technical Writing
EEd 212

I. For each of the words below, think of other words that are more or less
general/abstract; then think of words that are more specific/concrete.

General/abstract Specific/concrete
1. Sound
2. Building
3. Book
4. Expression
5. Tree
6. Culture
7. Commitment
8. Sport
9. Dream
10. Paper

II. Find a metaphor or simile that captures how you might feel in the following
situations:
1. Your newly bought shirt costing Php1,000 got burned because of your sister.
2. You’re about to have your first face to face teaching demo.

III. Think of a commercial/informercial that used a figurative language to promote a

product or service. Share the exact wording and point out the figurative language.
 IV. Conciseness. You can shorten a sentence by avoiding redundancy, prepositional
phrases and passive voice.

AVOIDING REDUNDANCY
Wordy sentence Less wordy
We collaborated together on the projects.
This is a brand-new innovation.
The other alternative is to eat soup.
AVOIDING PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES
Wordy sentence Less wordy
He drove at a rapid rate.
I will see you in the near future.
I am in receipt of your e-mail message
requesting an increase in pay.
AVOIDING THE PASSIVE VOICE
Passive Voice Active Voice
It is my decision to run for office.
There are sixteen people who tried out for the
basketball team.
The computer was purchased by Tom

Using short words instead of long ones

Long words Short Words

domicile
enunciate
morbidity