EFFECTIVE WRITING SKILLS: GENERAL AND SPECIFIC STRATEGIES
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2018
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Kwara State University Press
Abstract
The focus of this chapter is to discuss how one can write effectively. Writing as a skill
of language is crucial not only to the academic but also to other people in various professions.
Because of the importance of the written medium as a means of communication, the need
therefore arises for teaching the various ways and strategies by which writing can be
effectively actualised.
It is difficult and almost impossible to write effectively without the basic knowledge
of the principles guiding effective writing. Effective writing is that which explicates exactly
what the writer wishes to say in a clear and understandable language. Ineffective writing on
the other hand is clumsy and distracts the reader’s attention