| name | oiticica-style-qualities |
| description | Apply Oiticica's style qualities concept in modern English with concise rules, objective rubrics, and concrete contrast. |
Oiticica Style Qualities
Use this skill when reviewing or rewriting English prose where style qualities is the controlling issue.
Source concept: Style has six essential qualities: correctness, concision, clarity, harmony, originality, and vigor.
Rules
- Judge a passage by all six qualities; do not let one excuse failure in another.
- Treat correctness as the floor, not the finish.
- Treat concision as minimum effort for maximum expression, not mere shortness.
- Treat originality as personal exactness, not novelty for its own sake.
Review Shape
Use the source-model shape for strong models:
Principle:
<oiticica-style-qualities: one sentence naming the concept>
Preserve:
<supplied example text>
Why:
<why the model satisfies the concept>
Rubric:
<at least two objective checks, each marked Pass or Fail>
Use the repair shape for weak passages:
Principle:
<oiticica-style-qualities: one sentence naming the concept>
Weak:
<small passage or paraphrase>
Fault:
<name the exact broken relation>
Better:
<corrected version>
Why:
<explain how the revision restores the relation>
Rubric:
<at least two objective checks, each marked Pass or Fail>
Start Principle with the exact skill name oiticica-style-qualities.
If the prompt says source-model or source-model paraphrase, copy the supplied example in Preserve and do not use repair headings.
Objective Rubric
- No grammar, spelling, or usage fault blocks comprehension.
- No removable word, clause, or example remains.
- The thought is easy to grasp on first reading.
- Sound, order, specificity, and energy support the meaning.
Pass only when every applicable check passes. If correctness fails, fix or name that failure before judging style.
English Rule
Apply modern English grammar, punctuation, morphology, idiom, and prosody. Do not transfer Portuguese orthography or grammar into English.
Source Boundary
Source notes live in references/notes.md.
Do not invent source quotations. If an example is labeled as a paraphrase or invented passage, preserve that boundary in the review.
When a task asks for a Preserve section, copy the supplied example text exactly; do not replace it with imagined source prose.