Professional Student
Total number of words ___322___ __863__
Total number of sentences ___13___ ___54____
Longest sentence (in # of words) ____61_____ __37__
Shortest sentence (in # of words) ___3___ __6__
Average sentence length ___25___ ___16___
Number of sentences w/ more than
10 words over the average length _____11______ ___37_____
Percentage of sentences w/ more
than 10 words over the average _____85______ ____68____
Number of sentences w/ more than
5 words below the average ____12_____ ____54____
Percentage of sentences w/ more than
5 words below the average _____92______ ___100_____
Paragraph Length
Longest Paragraph (in # of sentences) _____3______ ___14___
Shortest Paragraph (in # of sentences) ______2_____ ____6____
Average Paragraph (in # of sentences) ____2.6____ ___10.8___
My writing and the professionals differs greatly. I am not as wordy as the professional, but I take many more sentences to explain a concept. I think I need to vary my sentences more and through some variety into my writing. Also, after comparing my writing to the professionals, I know I need make my ideas more concise and merge some of my sentences to make my paragraphs more effective.
2 comments:
I think it is good that your editorial is less wordy than the professional. Many of us are finding our sentences too long and complex compared to theirs. I think the varying of sentences is a good thing to consider though too.
I think it just kind of depends on the situation and what you are writing about. Sometimes it's beneficial to take a couple extra sentences to explain a concept really well. Both approaches have their strengths though.
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