Quick help: Exact language

Choose words with the right connotation.

Choose specific, concrete nouns.

Choose the right word.

Avoid clichés.

The author’s allusions to Greek myth were crystal clear.

Use figures of speech with care.

Exercises:

Misused words 1

Misused words 2

Standard idioms 1

Standard idioms 2

Clichés and figures of speech 1

Clichés and figures of speech 2