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magmichele12

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What is gobbledygook?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Why should a writer vary the length of sentences?
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: Writing that is indirect, vague, pretentious, longer than necessary, and that uses unnecessarily difficult words.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: Too many short sentences are monotonous, and too many long sentences are difficult to understand.



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