Identify Elegant Variation

To help your reader understand your meaning, use key terms consistently. Did the writer of the segment below do this? Review the document and find examples of elegant variation that make the reader work harder for the meaning.

Read the passage. Note that it begins “A delegation from Wonderlandia.” As you read, highlight every time you think the writer is referring to this delegation. Hold down the left mouse button and move the cursor across the words to highlight them. When you are finished, click on the Check Answers button at the bottom of the document.

It would have been easier to keep the delegation from Wonderlandia and the mission in Wonderlandia distinct if the writer had used the terms consistently instead of falling into the trap of elegant variation.