ENG 1131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Jargon

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: English
• Course: ENG 1131
• Professor: Jeanie Warnock

Document Summary

To insure information is easy to understand and to process quickly and accurately. To insure information is easy to skim, ie. key facts can be seen at a glance. Highlighting the exceptional or the information that stands out from the routine, whether that is a problem, an achievement, or an anomaly. Examine/analyze a problem and provide a solution or recommendations. Are based on the collection of evidence, information, and data (ie. research) and the analysis of this data. May sometimes offer a number of possible solutions perhaps ranked--and leave it to the reader to make the final decision as to which solution or recommendation she"ll choose: audience, purpose, and tone. *assess their knowledge level and adapt language and presentation of information accordingly eg. avoid jargon. Note: the receiver of a report is much more likely to be a motivated reader, since she/he may well have commissioned it. *drawing conclusions and perhaps making recommendations from these conclusions.