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The New Writing with a Purpose, Fourteenth Edition
Joseph F. Trimmer, Ball State University
Web Design Activities
Chapter 10: Diction: The Choice of Words

  1. What are the website design equivalents of vagueness, jargon, triteness, and ineffective imagery in writing? Try to find some examples of websites that exhibit these kinds of design flaws.

  2. Write a brief critique of each of these web pages about eclipses:

    Mr. Eclipse
    http://www.mreclipse.com/

    Exploratorium Eclipse
    http://www.exploratorium.edu/eclipse/

    Earthview Eclipse Network
    http://www.earthview.com/tutorial/causes.htm

    Choose one page and redesign it to be more effective. Search the Web for noncopyrighted images of eclipses or other images you can use, or create your own original graphics. What sort of "design diction" can you use to improve your selected page?


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