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Brevity (magazine)
Brevity is concision or brevitas, the quality of being brief or concise. It may also refer to: * ''Brevity'' (comic strip), a comic strip created by Guy Endore-Kaiser and Rodd Perry * brevity code Brevity codes are used in amateur radio, maritime, aviation and military communications. The codes are designed to convey complex information with a few words or codes. Some terms are classified to the public. List of brevity codes * ACP-131 A ..., a vocal word replacement system * Operation Brevity, a World War II battle {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concision
Concision (also called brevity, laconicism, or conciseness) is a writing principle of eliminating redundancy.UNT Writing Lab. "Concision, Clarity, and Cohesion." Accessed June 19, 2012Link./ref> For example, this: * "It is a fact that most arguments must try to convince readers, that is the audience, that the arguments are true." expressed concisely, becomes * "Most arguments must demonstrate their truth."Program for Writing and Rhetoric, University of Colorado at Boulder. "Writing Tip #27: Revising for Concision and Clarity." Accessed June 19, 2012 ""It is a fact that most arguments must try to convince readers, that is the audience, that the arguments are true." Notice the beginning of the sentence: "it is a fact that" doesn't say much; if something is a fact, just present it. So begin the sentence with "most arguments..." and turn to the next bit of overlap. Look at "readers, that is the audience"; the redundancy can be reduced to "readers" or "audience." Now we have "Most argu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brevitas
Brevitas is a rhetorical style Rhetorica ad Herennium calls "the expressing of an idea by the very minimum of essential words." By implying more than is said, it is distinguished from tautology and understatement. Brevitas is related to concision, parataxis, sprezzatura, and elliptic style. It contrasts with periphrasis, aureation and pleonasm Pleonasm (; , ) is redundancy in linguistic expression, such as "black darkness" or "burning fire". It is a manifestation of tautology by traditional rhetorical criteria and might be considered a fault of style. Pleonasm may also be used for em .... References {{reflist Rhetorical techniques ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brevity (comic Strip)
''Brevity'' is a single-panel newspaper comic strip created by Guy Endore-Kaiser and Rodd Perry, and currently drawn by Dan Thompson. Publication history ''Brevity'' originally began on Comics Sherpa (a site which helps beginning comic strips make their work public over the web). Endore-Kaiser cited Gary Larson's ''The Far Side'' as an inspiration. The strip was originally intended to be called ''Cow Tools'', in homage to a notorious ''Far Side'' cartoon, but the authors were forced to change it after receiving a cease-and-desist letter from lawyers representing Larson. The strip debuted with United Feature Syndicate in 55 newspapers on January 3, 2005. Today, ''Brevity'' is published in over 130 newspapers in the US and Canada. There are currently four published collections and one treasury. In the past few years GoComics.com has allowed visitors to submit comments on each strip. Books There are four collections and one treasury published by Andrews McMeel Publishing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brevity Code
Brevity codes are used in amateur radio, maritime, aviation and military communications. The codes are designed to convey complex information with a few words or codes. Some terms are classified to the public. List of brevity codes * ACP-131 Allied military brevity codes * ARRL Numbered Radiogram * Commercial codes such as the '' Acme Commodity and Phrase Code'', the ''ABC Telegraphic Code'', ''Bentley's Complete Phrase Code'', and ''Unicode'' * Fox (code word) * Multiservice tactical brevity code used by various military forces. The codes' procedure words, a type of voice procedure, are designed to convey complex information with a few words, when brevity is required but security is not * Ten-code, North American police brevity codes, including such notable ones as 10-4 * Phillips Code * NOTAM Code * Wire signal, Morse Code abbreviation, also known as 92 Code. Appears in informal language-independent HAM conversations * World War II Allied names for Japanese aircraft See als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |