This module includes readings, an exercise, and writing activities to help you edit your writing for clarity, precision, and appropriate emphasis—to express your meaning as clearly as you can without excess words.

For this module, you’ll need an electronic draft of a current paper or writing project. The draft might have your instructor’s comments or some classmates’ comments. You’ll be working with a paragraph that you think needs editing for wordiness.

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