Where I Found It: I found this word while reading The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. Fache's briefing of his agents and hour ago had been usually succinct and assured.
Brown, D. (2003). The da vinci code. new york: doubleday.
Definition: Dictionary.com defines the word as: expressed in few words; concise.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/succinct?s=t
Familiarity: I was not familiar with this word when I came across it. Even in the context of the book, I was not able to figure it out as the were not any context clues.
Reflection Commentary: I think that this word, succinct, is something that we should all be aware of. I'm not saying let's use it all the time, but especially as teachers, we have to make sure that our words are consise and explicit, but not too vague. Succinct means to be clear and use as little words as possible, but we know that this is not effective in the classroom. Yes, we want to be clear, but sometimes students, teacher, parents, and other individuals need to hear an explaination in different ways.
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