Chapter 10

Elaboration: How to Develop your flow of thoughts 
Summary: The thoughts can be put into sentences by using images through picture words and connectors. Words combine to form images. Then images combine to form sentences. Then sentences combine to form core ideas and their elaborations. Grammar is the tool we used to tie all our ideas together.

New things that I learnt in this chapter

• What is the core idea
• How is it elaborated 
• How is it summarized 
• How is it transferred to write core ideas
• Meaning of logic 

Things I already knew about that are given in the chapter

• Process of developing flow of thought from sentence to sentence is called elaboration.
• Emphasis on certain thoughts can be made to stand out if they have their own paragraph.
• Both grammar and connector are concerned with one goal to transfer thought into other's mind.
• Instruction is a process of teaching someone how to perform a task.

Mistakes made when answering the questions given at the end of the chapter
There was difficulty in finding the answers. So referred my group members.

Concept applied to other subjects

I can relate it to the assignment we had got in Financial Accounting, me along my group members had to choose a company and answer the questions by referring the Annual Report of that company.

Chapter 9

How to use Clarity Principle....
Summary: This chapter tells us how to build wit,clarity,symbolism and suspense into our writing. The principle of clarity is being stated in this chapter.

New things that I learnt in this chapter

• Planned ambiguity is nothing but suspense.
• Pivot words are special title to multiple meaning word.
• Meaning of symbolism.
• Meaning of allegory.
• Once we see the course of this wit, we can start seeking out such pivot words too.

Things I already knew about that are given in the chapter

• Grammar imperceptibility blends into literature.
• Different kind of meaning was chosen to give different effect.
• A humor can be added by giving twist to clarity principle.

Mistakes made when answering the questions given at the end of the chapter

There were confusions while finding the answers in a hurry.

Concept applied to other subjects

This can be applied to Marketing Management.

Chapter 8

How to Write Clearly...
Summary: This chapter emphasizes on the clarity of communicating our thoughts. Picture words and connecting words, both are very essential part of a sentence. When there is clear communication there will be direct connection with the listener.

New things that i learnt in this chapter

• We should remove the word that causes misrepresentation.
• If the sentences are not framed well with use of picture words and connecting words there high chances of misunderstanding.
• If our images are understood by the reader then our sentences are clear. 

Things I already knew about that are given in the chapter

• When there is unclear information, people tend to dislike it.
• Most of the picture words have more than one meaning.
• There must be clarity in the communication.
• The reader must know the appropriate image to be used in a sentence.

Mistakes made when answering the questions given at the end of the chapter

I skipped a few questions in this chapter.

Concept applied to other subjects

I would relate this to the exams. When we write exam, the answers must be clear and precise. The answers must contain all the clear facts.

Chapter 7

How to avoid Monotony...
Summary: This chapter tells us to do the opposite process. It teaches us how to take sentences so repetitious and short that they were annoying the reader and transform them into longer sentences.

New things that I learnt in this chapter

• Simplicity is always vital than variety.
• It taught me the ways to avoid monotony.
• Too much monotony can get the listeners annoyed.

Things I Already knew knew about that were given in the chapter

• Repetition grabs attention of the listeners.
• Language is a powerful and flexible tool.
• Emphasis allows us to shorten them.

Mistakes made when answering the questions given at the end of the chapter
There were few mistakes committed.

Concept applied to other subjects 

I believe this concept cannot be applied to our subjects.

Chapter 6

How to Write Simply- So That Anyone Can Understand Your Most Complicated Thoughts
Summary: This chapter tells us that how our sentences must be simple,clear,predictable and complete so that it is understood by every listener. Complicated sentences are very tough to understand, so we must make sure that our sentences are simple and clear.

New things that I learnt in this chapter

• Dependents are tool for simplification of our thoughts.
• Repetition is an important tool in eliminating over loaded sentence and overloaded images.
• If we include more images the sentence can be simplified.
• The connector gives stronger tie.

Things I already knew about that were given in the chapter

• Short sentences are easy to understand.
• The longer the sentence, more number of complications.
• A sentence must be simple and clear.

Mistakes made when answering the questions given at the end of the chapter

This was very complicated chapter. Finding answers to the questions was really being tough. But when things get tough, we put in more efforts.

Concept applied to other subjects

I would like to relate this to Organisational Behavior assignment in which we get strict guidelines that our sentences must be clear and simple and should not exceed the said limit.

Chapter 5

How to Choose the Right Length for Your Sentences
Summary: This chapter tells us that the sentences that we form must not be too lengthy. The sentences must be short, precise and clear. When there is over crowding of words the quality of that sentence comes down. The sentence must be able to make sense.

New things that I learnt in this chapter

• The sentences that we frame must not be too lengthy.
• Even if there is no actor-word or action-word we can still understand it.
• An effective communication can be made through one word as well.
• Sentences get more of its meaning from its preceding sentences.

Things I already knew about that were given in the chapter

• The shorter the sentence, the higher will be its understanding.
• Our sentences must be clear and meaningful.
• If our sentence is too lengthy then we can break it into shorter sentences.

Mistakes made when answering the questions given at the end of the chapter

Many questions were not direct so had written wrong answers. The questions were not clear.

Concept applied to other subjects

This can be applied to all the subjects. During exam we must write correct answers and not too lengthy. If the answers are too long then the evaluator may not read the whole answer and may award less marks. If the answers are written efficiently according to the guidelines then there every chance to score higher marks.

Chapter 4

How to Link your Sentences Together 
Summary: This chapter tells us about the importance of the connectors that we can use after every sentence. They enable us to carry forward the thoughts of whole sentences in a single word. The 3 types of connectors are: Linking Connector, Condensing Connector, Non-Word Connector (Punctuation, Marking)

New things that I learnt in this chapter

• Punctuation marks act as connector.
• The first thought do not need any connector.
• It is important to give our listener as much thought as possible.
• Any changes must be communicated in advance.

Things I already knew about that were given in the chapter

• The second sentence always starts with a connector.
• There must not be repetition in our speech.
• The linking connector connects two or more sentences.
• When there is repetition it causes irritation to the listener.
• Our thoughts and images must be presented to other people.

Mistakes made when answering the questions given at the end of the chapter
There were confusions with few questions but then eventually i got the answers.

Concept applied to other subjects

I would again like to link this with presentations in class. When we have presentations in class we always expect good presentation from everybody. When someone starts repeating the same content again and again then the presentation loses its quality and there will be no impact on the listeners.