Audience
Skimmers and Skeptics
- A skeptic is a reader who is cautious and doubtful.
- Skimmers are readers who are typically very busy
What is Logic vs. Reality?
Logic is the structured rulebook in our minds used to draw conclusions based on premises,
whereas Reality is the actual, often chaotic, state of the world as it exists
"You can follow logic and not be in reality."
No! You should consider everything, but only change what you feel will strengthen your paper
When creating and using tables ALWAYS
Label your Graphics and number them
Refer to the table in the text
What does G.P.T. stand for in Chat GPT
•G – Generative (it generates text)
•P – Pre-trained (trained on lots of text beforehand)
•T – Transformer (the type of AI model it uses)
Intended vs. Unintended Audience
- Intended audiences are best considered the people you are initially writing to.
- Unintended audiences may include anyone who comes across your writing at any time.
To better understand our outlook, Technical writers should be mindful that not understanding others’ customs, values, and habits can lead to poor communication and a lack of sensitivity.
This causes us to have _______________.
Generalizations/Stereotypes
How many times should you read an essay to review it?
Three times
1. Read straight through
2. Read for revision
3. Read for edits
FEASIBILITY REPORTS vs PROGRESS REPORTS
How you will do something (Feasibility) vs How it is going (progress)
Using Graphics: what are the three Specific Purposes
1. performing an action
2. How results should look
3. to give clarity to a complex step
Hoka Shoes
What is the audience?
What is the adjacent Issue?
Unintended: healthcare workers
Adjacent Issue: Arch support for feet, avoiding injury in Joints.
What does Peer Review Source mean?
A peer-reviewed article is a scholarly paper that has been evaluated for accuracy, validity, and academic rigor by impartial experts (peers) in the same field before it is published in an academic journal
What is C.U.P.S
Editing:
Capitals, Usage, Punctuation, Spelling
Name at least three
General Guidelines for Creating Lists in Technical Documents
(Hint: there are 5 total)
1) Include between 2-8 items in a list. You must have at least two items in a list (or it’s not a list; it’s just an item).
2) Avoid splitting a list over two pages if possible.
3) Avoid overusing lists. A list should always have explanatory text around it to indicate that it is a list
4) Adjust spacing before, after, and within lists to enhance readability.
5) Capitalize the first letter of each list item.
These are all aspects of successful ______ & ______ Writing
•Goal: produce the best possible work for the organization
•Requires prioritizing group success over individual goals
•Encourages shared responsibility and collective effort
•Strong collaboration culture boosts innovation and productivity
•Success depends on empowering people to contribute their expertise
Professional and Collaborative Writing
What are the four General Writing Purposes?
1. Inform
2. Persuade
3. Express Yourself
4. Entertain
What two places should you have your sources?
In-text
Work Cited/Bibliography
What are A.R.M.S
Revision:
Add, Remove, Move, Substitute
Reports vary by size, format, and function, but they are typically organized around six key elements:
name at least three:
1.Whom the report is about and/or prepared for
2.What was done, conclusions and/or recommendations
3.Where the subject studied occurred
4.When the subject studied occurred
5.Why the report was written (function/purpose)
6.How the subject operated, functioned or was used
The following are general tips for designing and formatting your web content:
Name at least three
•Chunking
•Using color scheme:
•Using images:
•Maintaining consistency:
What does The Gremlins (1984) have to do with Our Class?
Misstep in the Understanding of the Audience. causes the invention of PG-13
what does The CRAAP Test stand for in Research?
•Currency
•Relevance
•Accuracy
•Authority
•Purpose
Name at least three strategies for catching mistakes in your writing.
-Ask a friend to read it
-Read it out loud
-Read it backward
-Eliminate Passive Voice
-Review Outline & Thesis
-Take a Break
Descriptive processes vs Prescriptive processes
• Descriptive processes: these answer the
question, “How is this done?” These texts
Describe how a process occurs so that readers
can understand it better
• Prescriptive processes are explanatory in
nature; they prescribe how something is done
(or should be done) so that readers can do it
themselves.
Moses’ appearance in art is the pair of horns often sprouting from his forehead. How did this change the world?
These Horned depictions persisted in ART until the 1600s, including Michelangelo's comissioned scuplture represent the biblical figure as he came down from Sinai.
The Nazis used art to promote their racial ideology by stealing "degenerate" art to destroy art to glorify the "Aryan" race.