a Topics Your instructions should help users to perform any kind of task that requires several steps stages. Here are some topic ideas (don't be limited by them): How to change the oil in your car How to iron a shirt How to add another component (CD-ROM, hard drive, sound card, etc.) to your computer How to groom a dog How to reformat your hard drive How to use your ATM card (include many options, not just how to withdraw and d How to cook a turkey How to French braid your hair (or someone else's) Rhetorical Situation Before you begin to write, consider the rhetorical situation for your instructions. Use the planning worksheet to help you determine the purpose, audience, context, and content for instructions. Contents Depending on the nature of your task, you may wish to include some or all of the following contents. Introduction or background information. Here you'll provide your reader with the following information, if applicable: o an overview of the steps needed to complete the task o definitions of terms or concepts they need to know before they proceed Pi