Description
Part I: Scenario
You just won tickets to that thing you love as a prize in a contest sponsored by Cool Ranch Doritos that you forgot you entered three months ago! Bummer, though, you have both class and work on the day of the thing. Now you have to write a bunch of emails, because theres no way youre going to miss the thing, if at all possible.
write an email to each of the following people:
Your boss: You must get out of work!
Your teacher: You are so not going to class, but your teacher is a total freak about attendance and pop quizzes and junk!
Your buddy: You wouldnt dream of going to the thing without your buddy, but–oh, no!–your buddy is in class with you on that day. What do you say to your buddy? Will they write the instructor, ditch, or just not go to the thing? Email your buddy with a plan!
- Part II: Comparison
- When you write your emails, imagine your boss, one of your teachers, and your best buddy. Try to imagine what you would say to each person in your email. Make your tone realistic for each situation. Once you have written the emails, use the Comments feature in your Word or Google doc to compare the style you used in each, and address the following:
- Highlight and comment on the general differences do you see
Highlight and identify words and/or sentences that characterize the different styles
Comment on which email do you think would be the most effective, and why
Submit your highlighted and commented Word document.
- Purpose and Audience Analysis
- This exercise asks you to apply what you learned in the textbook chapters by analyzing public documents for purpose and audience. You also will compare your analyses to identify how specific choices in content and design target different the works different goals.
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Website Pair
Genetically Modified Organisms
Bayer Crop Science–United States (Link: https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/)
Non-GMO Project (Link: https://www.nongmoproject.org/gmo-facts/)
Instructions
. Analyze each work and compare it to the other using the following guiding questions:
For each work, analyze purpose:
What do you think the purpose is?
What specific aspects or elements of the work suggest the purpose you have identified?
For each work, analyze audience:
- Identify primary/secondary audiences, as appropriate
Identify all relevant audience characteristics and categories for each audience (i.e., knowledge level, personality, biases, etc.)
Explain your reasons for characterizing the audience the way you do (i.e., Whats your evidence for your conclusions?).
- Compare the two analyses:
Are the purposes the same for each work? Different? How do you know?
Are the audiences the same for each work? Different? How do you know?
