WRTG 393 students,The first writing assignment

WRTG 393 students,The first writing assignment will be atechnical description for two different audiences.You will explain to both a non-technical audience and to a specialized audience how somethingworks.You will choose an object or a process with which you are familiar.You will then describe thisobject or process to an audience that with whom you share a degree of specialization.You willalso describe this object or process to an audience that has little or no background of the subject.Keep in mind that, if you describe a process, you are not giving instructions on how to dosomething.You will write a set of instructions for writing assignment #2.For writingassignment #1, if you describe a process, you will describe an activity that takes place.You willdescribe how a phenomenon happens or how a mechanism works.Your description will include pictures.The description will use visual detail in both words andimages.Examples include the following:•You are a member of a gaming community.You could write a description of how agame operates to individuals in your gaming community.You will also describe how thegame operates to an audience of non-gamers.You would not write a set of instructions onhow to play the game.You would describe how the game works.•You are in a branch of the military.You could write a description of how a function ofyour unit operates to an audience of colleagues who are also in your branch of themilitary.You will also describe how this function works to a non-military audience.Youwould not write a set of instructions on how to do something in the military unit.Youwould describe how a function or process in the military unit operates.•You are an auto mechanic.You could write a description of how spark plugs work in afour-cylinder engine to an audience of colleagues who work in your shop.You wouldalso write a description of how spark plugs work in a four-cylinder engine to an audienceof non-mechanics.You would not write a set of instructions on how to install sparkplugs.You would describe how spark plugs work.•You work in technical support at a computer store.You could write a description of howa graphics card works to colleagues in your tech support unit.You would also write adescription of how a graphics card works to an audience that is not familiar withcomputers.You would not write a set of instructions on how to install a graphics card.You would describe how graphics cards work.•You work in a restaurant.You could write a description of how the serving processworks during a busy Friday night.You would write a description to fellow workers at therestaurant.You would also write a description to an audience that does not work at therestaurant.You would not write a set of instructions on how to serve food in therestaurant.You would describe how the wait staff, cooks, managers, and other staff worktogether in serving food.
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Overall, chapter 20 from Markel, “Writing Descriptions,” should be read thoroughly as youbegin this assignment.Different types of descriptions call for different strategies.The chapterfrom Markel is an excellent resource in guiding your approach.The chapter is available ineReserves in our class.On page 549, Markel provides an excellent distinction between writinginstructions and describing a process.Please become familiar with that section of Markel’schapter as you consider your topic for this assignment.Your descriptions should answer the following questions:•What is the object or process? How is it defined?•What does the object or process do?•What does the object or process look like?•What is the object made of? (if you are describing an object and not a process)•How does the object or process work?•Why should the reader be interested in your object or process?Your descriptions should explain the following:•Why the object or process is significant for the audience•How each of the functions of the object or process work•Appropriate detailsStrategies to Consider for this Assignment:Your description should follow one of these styles of organizationoSpatial –this style might be used when you want readers to describe an object orprocess according to its physical layout.For example, in describing aflatscreen television set, you might start at the top and work your way tothe bottom.oFunctions in order of importance –this style would be used if you want to highlight the most importantfunctions first, the next most important functions second, etc.Forexample, in describing a flatscreen television set, you might start with thepixels, which make up the picture, and then proceed to describe otherfunctions.oChronological –this style would be used if you want to describe the object or processaccording to time.For example, in describing a flatscreen television set,you might start with what happens first (the user turns the television on),what happens second (the pixels respond), what happens third, etc.

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