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Video

1. Use Plain Language  
   Introduction to Plain Language  
   Description:  Listen to a humorous take on why using plain language helps your audience understand what you’re trying to say. 
    
2. Overcome Communication Obstacles 
   “Teaching Connotation and Denotation” 
   Description:  This video with words added can teach connotation and denotation.
    
3. Use Plain, Unbiased Language 
   “Clear and Concise: Encouraging Better Communication” 
   Description:  This interview features the Chair of the Center for Plain Language that encourages better communication through plain language.

Audio

1. Use Plain Language 
   “Essentials of Plain Language” 
   Description:  The speaker provides techniques for writing and speaking in plain language. 
    
2. Use Words to Connect 
   “Overused Words-Connecting with an Audience That’s Heard it All” 
   Description:  The speaker  emphasizes the necessity of choosing one’s words wisely.
    
3. Use Figures of Speech 
   “Rhetorical Devices”  
   Description:  The speaker explains several figures of speech to use, including parallelism.

Web Resources

1. Overcome Communication Obstacles 
   “Connotation and Denotation” 
   Description:  The articles explains the differences, using examples, of in the denotative and connotative meaning of words.
    
2. Overcome Communication Obstacles 
   “Inductive and Deductive Reasoning” 
   Description:  This article explains the differences between a word’s inductive and deductive meanings.
    
3. Confront the Issue of Political Correctness 
   “Political Correctness” 
   Description:  This article focuses on the meaning of politically correct and politically incorrect, explaining its usage from the 20^th century until now.