How do the lessons about academic writing techniques help technical writers make technical documents more reader-centered? Identify at least two ways in which the lessons on Writing Skills can improve technical writing.

"The difficulty of expressive writing isn't new...but what's relatively recent is the overwhelming amount of electronic exchanges we have with people whose personalities we only know digitally. Without the benefit of vocal inflections or physical gestures, it can be tough to tell e-sarcastic from e-serious, or e-cold from e-formal, or e-busy from e-angry." Discuss a time in your personal or professional life when your true sentiments didn't come across via email or text. For example, were you trying to be funny or lighthearted but the receiver misunderstood, or were you busy but the receiver thought you were angry? After much discussion and conflict, your workplace team has finally agreed on Plan B, but you are firmly convinced that Plan A is a much better option. Your team is presenting Plan B to the whole department, and company executives are present. A vice president asks you for your opinion. Should you (a) keep your mouth shut, (b) try to persuade the team to adopt Plan A,…

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Why should business writers strive to use short, familiar, simple words? Does this "dumb down" business messages? answer must be at least 100 words.

Explain how the lesson on composing based on the imformation below can be extended with one strategy, text, or activity that contributes to the students’ development of awareness of differences in society. Standard Apply the writing process to – 1. Generate a draft by developing, selecting, and organizing ideas relevant to topic, purpose, and genre; revise to improve writing, using appropriate reference materials (e.g., quality of ideas, organization, sentence fluency, word choice); and edit writing for format and conventions (e.g., spelling, capitalization, usage, punctuation). 2. Use available technology to produce and publish legible documents. Lesson Objective By the end of the lesson, students will be able to apply the writing process to generate a draft by developing, selecting, and organizing ideas relevant to a given topic, purpose, and genre. They will be able to revise their drafts to improve the quality of ideas, organization, sentence fluency, and word choice, using…

Provide at least two ways graphics can be used to increase the effectiveness of a presentation and two ways graphics can hinder a presentation’s effectiveness?

b) Critically discuss the following elements of giving an effective presentation: dressing, posture, gesture, manners, vocabulary and choice of the words.

10 Discuss/Explain what the headline means and integrate examples to support your explanations in 2-3 paragraphs. Fortune 500 Companies Restructuring thousands of Workers

Understanding the Audience: Discuss the significance of understanding the audience when preparing a persuasive presentation. Explore methods to research and analyze the target audience's demographics, interests, and needs. Crafting a Strong Opening: Explore different techniques for capturing the audience's attention and creating a compelling opening for a persuasive presentation. Discuss the impact of using storytelling, statistics, or thought-provoking questions.   May   get help on this??

Let's talk about sources and citations. How does it help YOU when you cite sources? How might it help your reader if you cite sources? How would you feel if you posted something really cool on Facebook and people shared it as if it was their own witty comment, not giving you credit? MLA and APA are styles or methods of citation--read more about either one of them and tell us something you discovered. Remember, everyone is subscribed to the discussion boards!