Assignment #04 in Technical Writing Course: Audience Analysis of Three Writing Samples, Exercises of Technical Writing

A university assignment given in a technical writing course in march 2012. Students were asked to read various technical documents and identify three examples of writing intended for high-technical, low-technical, and lay audiences. They were then required to analyze each example based on language, content, tone, and format using the provided form.

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Technical๎˜ƒWriting๎˜ƒ(March๎˜ƒ02,๎˜ƒ2012)๎˜ƒโ€๎˜ƒ๎˜ƒAssignment#04๎˜ƒ
Submission๎˜ƒMode:๎˜ƒIndividual,๎˜ƒHardcopy๎˜ƒ๎˜ƒ Due๎˜ƒDate:๎˜ƒMarch๎˜ƒ05,๎˜ƒ2012๎˜ƒ(class)๎˜ƒ
Q.๎˜ƒRead๎˜ƒprofessional๎˜ƒjournals,๎˜ƒprocedures,๎˜ƒinstruction๎˜ƒmanuals,๎˜ƒbrochures,๎˜ƒetc.๎˜ƒto๎˜ƒ
identify๎˜ƒexamples๎˜ƒ(three๎˜ƒexamples)๎˜ƒof๎˜ƒwriting๎˜ƒintended๎˜ƒfor๎˜ƒhighโ€technical,๎˜ƒlowโ€
technical๎˜ƒand๎˜ƒlay๎˜ƒaudience.๎˜ƒRecord๎˜ƒyour๎˜ƒfindings๎˜ƒon๎˜ƒthe๎˜ƒform๎˜ƒgiven๎˜ƒon๎˜ƒthe๎˜ƒnext๎˜ƒpage๎˜ƒ
and๎˜ƒdetermine๎˜ƒwhether๎˜ƒthey๎˜ƒare๎˜ƒwritten๎˜ƒfor๎˜ƒhighโ€technical,๎˜ƒlowโ€technical๎˜ƒor๎˜ƒlay๎˜ƒ
audience.๎˜ƒ
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Technical Writing (March 02, 2012) โ€ Assignment# Submission Mode: Individual, Hardcopy Due Date: March 05, 2012 (class)

Q. Read professional journals, procedures, instruction manuals, brochures, etc. to

identify examples (three examples) of writing intended for high โ€ technical, low โ€

technical and lay audience. Record your findings on the form given on the next page

and determine whether they are written for high โ€ technical, low โ€ technical or lay

audience.

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Audience Analysis Example # 1 2 3 4 5 Audience Type (Circle One) High Low Lay High Low Lay High Low Lay High Low Lay High Low Lay Criteria Language

  • Abbreviations
  • Acronyms
  • Jargon (defined) Content
  • General
  • Specific
  • Background Tone
  • Formal
  • Less Formal
  • Least Formal Format
  • Highlighting
  • Graphics
  • Type
  • Color
  • labeling

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