The Composing ProcessInformation Fill Activity: Lecture 2_________________________________

Poor  technical  wri.ng  can  result  when:

The  facts  are  already  known  (Beware  of  old  technical  reports).

The  author(s)  do  not  know  the  _______________  about  the  subject

The  paper  is  based  on  __________________________  only  (You  are  not  the  only  expert).

The  conclusions  are  not  jus.fied  by  the                        given.

The  material  is  poorly  __________________  .

The  author(s)  uses  the  improper  style.

The  material  is  not  sufficiently         .

Poor  _________________and  misspelled  words  are  used.

The  major  points  are  not  ___________________  throughout  the  paper.

When  the  author(s)  assumes  the  reader  shares  the  same  level  of  knowledge  of  the  subject.

The  Composing  Process

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Situa5onal  Analysis

Analyzing  the         ,  purpose,  and        

Establish  purpose

Determine  reader’s  aKtudes  and  needs

Determine  scope  of  coverage

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Bringing  thoughts  from  nowhere  to  somewhere

Make  decisions  about          and  style  based  on  audience  and  persona  

Persona

The        the  writer  has,  or  assumes,  when  wri.ng

Relates  to  the  posi.on  of  the  writer  and  his  or  her  rela.onship  to  the          and  the  situa.on

Ques.ons  to  Ask  About  the  Audience  and  Persona

What  is  the  level  of          and  experience  of  your  reader?

What  is  the  reader’s         ?

What  is  your  rela.onship  to  the  reader?

What  is  your  reader’s          about  what  you  are  going  to  say?

What  persona  do  you  wish  to         ?

What  is  the  influence  of  interna.onal  culture?

Discovery

Finding  the          to  meet  the  needs  of  your  topic,  purpose,  audience,  and  persona

Use  a  variety  of  sources  to  locate  informa.on  for  the  topic  you  are  wri.ng  about

Take  the  informa.on  you  have  gathered  to  create        informa.on  that  did  not  exist  before

Arrangement

Taking  material  from  the  discovery  step  and  roughing  out  a  plan  or  developing  a  complete      

Different  methods  of  arrangement

Chronological

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General  to  specific

Specific  to  general

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Division/classifica.on

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Dra;ing

Begin  wri.ng  aYer  finishing  the  outline  and  arrangement

Maintain  consistent  point  of  view  when  wri.ng  the  rough  draY  

Revising

Polishing  the  rough  draY  in  terms  of:

Arrangement  and  content

Logic

Style

Graphics

Document  design

Consider  having        read  the  rough  draY  for  comments  and  sugges.ons

Edi5ng

Final  checking  of:

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Graphics

Document  design

Style

NOTES

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