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Unless you are specifically referring to certain technical aspects of your topic (for example, analysing the metric structure of a poem), generally avoid jargon or overly complex words or expressions.

Exemple no admissibleTo illustrate the ways in which late-Victorian textual production subliminally conveyed social preoccupations connected to the atrophying of British power, Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897) forwards a narrative of ‘invasion’ expressed through polyphonic epistolarity.

Exemple adequatAs an example of the ways in which late-Victorian writing reflected social worries about the decline in British power, Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897) presents a story of ‘invasion’ told in letters, journals and newspaper articles by many different narrators.
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Recommended citation:
«Jargon» [en línia]. A: Llibre d’estil de la Universitat de Barcelona. Barcelona: Universitat de Barcelona. Serveis Lingüístics. <https://www.ub.edu/llibre-estil/criteri.php?id=3463> [consulta: 23 novembre 2024].
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