COMM 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: User Friendly, Rough Copy, Brainstorming

• School: Concordia University
• Department: Commerce
• Course: COMM 212
• Professor: Bonnie Feigenbaum

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Intro main topics: key concepts, collaborative writing, critiquing. Steps in the writing process: writing in context: 4 key concepts, context (what is the task?, genres (what type of writing?, discourse community (to whom are you speaking?, rhetorical situation (how do you want them to respond?) Contextual factors: ele(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts of a (cid:449)(cid:396)iti(cid:374)g task, su(cid:272)h as the situatio(cid:374), o(cid:396)ga(cid:374)izatio(cid:374)"s p(cid:396)o(cid:272)edu(cid:396)es, & (cid:396)eade(cid:396)s that i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)e the (cid:449)(cid:396)ite(cid:396)"s (cid:272)hoi(cid:272)es at e(cid:448)ery step. Writing effectively is thus simply making logical & strategic choices in a given situation. Genres: various agreed-upon forms of writing that develop in response to recurrent situations & that allow users to act purposefully in a particular activity. i. e. cvs. Differ in format (layout) & structure (topics) Discourse community: a group of communicators who share a goal/interest in adopting a way of participating in a public discussion (these ways are known as discursive practices), including the use of particular genres & terminology. Rhetorical situation (3 components): the circumstances in which individuals communicate.