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4. Use language that matches your purpose and audience.

For many writing assignments, your purpose is to share information, and your audience is your classmates and teacher. For these assignments, use language that sounds important and interesting.

Popcorn pops because the water inside it turns to steam when heated. When enough pressure builds up, the hard outer hull ruptures, and the white insides expand to 30 times their previous size. People in Peru popped corn even in 4700 B.C.E.

My dog Eleanor weighs only seven pounds, but my cat Richard Parker weighs three times that much. They both love to cuddle on my lap at the computer, but not at the same time. Eleanor is sweet and sprightly, but R.P. is a curmudgeon.

5. Use language that sounds sincere.

It is important to write about topics that you really care about and to use language that reveals this feeling.

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