id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-10286 Muller, Robert H. The Art of Plain Talk (Book Review) 1947-04-01 1 .pdf application/pdf 619 38 66 Somewhat puzzling to the uninitiated may be the fact that Dr. Flesch discusses many more factprs of readability then are covered by his formula; for instance, the use of repetition, filler words, ample punctuation, APRIL, 1947 and verbs in the active voice, and the avoid- ance of commenting adjectives, compound prepositions, unnecessary connectives, relative pronouns, and rhetorical devices. Dr. Flesch offers his own objective device for determining how difficult any given sample of reading matter is in terms of the educational level of readers. cache/crl-10286.pdf txt/crl-10286.txt