How Understandable Is Your Writing?
How Understandable Is Your Writing?
Is your writing style optimized for communication or confusion? By looking at your writing habits and the general effectiveness of your writing, we can help you learn whether you're using plain language well or falling short. Take the quiz to find out how understandable your writing is!
Is your writing style optimized for communication or confusion? By looking at your writing habits and the general effectiveness of your writing, we can help you learn whether you're using plain language well or falling short. Take the quiz to find out how understandable your writing is!
Complete the sentence.
Complete the sentence.
Pick the word you'd most likely use.
Very Understandable
Very Understandable
Congratulations! Your writing style is most likely very understandable. Bullet points and headings are your best friends, and you use simple words to your advantage. As you continue to put communication first, be sure that you enable all readers to understand your writing as quickly, easily, and completely as possible.
Understandable
Understandable
Congratulations! Your writing style is most likely understandable. Bullet points and headings are familiar to you, and you use simple words rather than long, confusing phrases. As you continue to put communication first, be sure that you enable all readers to understand your writing as quickly, easily, and completely as possible. Remember to avoid jargon and obscure idioms—your readers will thank you!
Average
Average
The complexity of your writing style is average. While you tend to use simple words rather than long, confusing phrases, your writing sometimes lacks helpful formatting and your use of jargon clouds your meaning. As you continue to make your writing simpler, be sure that you are enabling all readers to understand your writing as quickly, easily, and completely as possible. Use clear formatting, the active voice, and simple words. Avoid jargon and obscure expressions as much as possible.
Complex
Complex
Your writing style is complex. Your preference for long, confusing phrases and your love of jargon clouds the meaning in your writing. As you continue to make your writing simpler, be sure that you are enabling all readers to understand your writing as quickly, easily, and completely as possible. To make your writing easy to understand, use clear formatting (including bullets and headings), the active voice, and simple words. Avoid jargon and obscure expressions as much as possible.
Overly Complex
Overly Complex
Your writing style is overly complex. Your preference for long, confusing phrases and your love of jargon makes your writing borderline incomprehensible. Simple language doesn't mean lazy or uneducated. In fact, writing simply can be a real challenge. As you strive to simplify your writing, be sure that you are enabling all readers to understand your writing as quickly, easily, and completely as possible. To make your writing easy to understand, use clear formatting (including bullets and headings), the active voice, and simple words. Avoid jargon and obscure expressions as much as possible.