William Zinsser Simplicity Analysis

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In William Zinsser's essay "Simplicity" he discusses and emphasizes the importance of meaningful writing. Moreover, Zinsser refers to American writing as "clutter" writing, due to "unnecessary words, circular constructions, pompous frills, and meaningless jargon." In addition, Zinsser believes that ample wording may confuse the reader, and cause them to lose their ability to focus. Furthermore, causing the reader to become uninterested and unable to comprehend what they are reading. Similarly, Zinsser mentions that if the reader fails to read the entire article, essay, magazine, or book, that it is the authors own fault, not the readers. Because, of the unorganized structure and cluttered terminology of the author. Nonetheless, writing is not