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Assignment: Writing Instructions
Understanding your audience and being clear and concise
when writing instructions is crucial to the receiver's ability to successfully
follow the instructions. When the writer does have not a clear vision of the
intended audience, he or she should design the instructions for the most basic
reader.
· Resources: Appendix D and Ch. 7, 9, & 10 of Professional
and Technical Writing
Strategies
· Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum
· Create a set of instructions explaining how to
save a Microsoft® Word document on a computer running a Windows-based operating
system to a computer disc. Ensure the instructions are clear and concise, and
include all steps that would be relevant to the most basic of audiences.
Include a screen shot. (See Appendix D.)
· Use at least one term in the document that would
require a definition. Write the definition appropriately. (See Ch. 7 of Professional
and Technical Writing Strategies.)
· Explain briefly in a summary at the end of the
instruction how these directions would vary if you knew specifically who your audience
was.
.Write 500 to 700 words
. Post your instructions as an attachment.
CheckPoint: Instruction vs. Process Analysis
· Resources: Ch. 9 & 10 of Professional
and Technical Writing Strategies
· Due Date: Day 4 [Individual]
forum
· Create a chart that illustrates the
differences between a set of instructions and a process
analysis set. Show how they differ from one
other in terms of purpose, title, audience,
organization, document design, and other ways.
· Post your chart as an attachment.
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