ENGL210F Lecture Notes - Voicemail, Brainstorming, Free Writing
7 Sep 2013
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36 51 - the writing process (including majority of powerpoint) Prewriting: the process of gathering ideas and establishing the purpose, audience, and channel for a message. Identify the primary purpose of the document: estimate the scope of the subject, determine your receiver"s needs, select the channel that is most appropriate for your message, collect the information you plan to exchange. Scope: the breadth of limitations of document"s coverage (level of detail required: what is the reader expecting, what is your workplace or industry standard? (cid:222) (cid:222) (cid:222) (cid:222) (cid:222) (cid:222, consider: length, format, visual elements. Audience analysis: the process of assessing the needs and knowledge of readers and listeners and adapting messages accordingly. An audience analysis should consider the following elements about the receiver: responsibility or position, attitudes, interests, and questions, experience, knowledge, response. Primary audience: the intended receiver of a message the person or persons who will use or act on a message"s information.
