ATS1298 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Sans-Serif, Cover Letter, Literal And Figurative Language
6 Dec 2018
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Cover letters: how to find the right words. Basic rules for professional writing: form follows function, function (or purpose) is context dependent and then almost always dependent on the audience for a text. 2 main types of fonts: serif (spiky bits) - classical, font of science, traditional, sans serif (clean and minimal) - innovation, modern, contemporary. You can think of register as a scale: very informal highly formal: very low low mixed high very high. Several purposes or functions in one text: to inform, describe, even persuade . Audience: could be various depending on the position: the owner/employer, internal hr staff, external hr consultant. What do you think??: always fall on the side of formality, use the register of the job advertisement"s text to guide you, research the organisation"s professional communications. A mostly formal register that also displays some slightly more informal elements (eg. a subjective element, an idiom or two) would probably be best.
