Question

In this section, you’ll enhance writing effectiveness by revising work in order to address what's most significant for a specific purpose and audience.

You’ve finally finished the first draft of your script, and you’re ready to edit! You want to ensure that a wide variety of listeners, from children to adults, understand what you’re trying to say. You ask your friend Alex to go over your script one more time to ensure it's for all types of listeners. He says there's a lot of information, so the language needs to be consistent.

What revision could you make in your script to achieve this goal?
Question 7 options:

Delete your personal viewpoints from the entire script and put it in third person.


Add informal language, like slang, so that teenagers understand.


Include interviews with scientists who give highly technical evidence that matches your tone.


Replace highly academic words and phrases with casual ones that most people would understand.

Answer 1

Replace highly academic words and phrases with casual ones that most people would understand.

Explanation: Using everyday language keeps the tone consistent and makes the script accessible to a broad audience (children through adults) without relying on technical terms, slang, or removing needed perspective.