AfL: Developing Written Tone

Throughout this lesson, we$$ve focused on the difference between formal and informal writing, and we$$ve also explored voice and tone. Now it$$s your turn to do some writing that considers your audience and purpose, demonstrates your ability to shift from informal to formal writing, and allows you to play with voice and tone in order to communicate effectively, keep your audience$$s attention, and meet the needs of your audience. We'll do this in a light$-$hearted way that has you writing two emails: one to a friend and one to your teacher. This activity gives you the opportunity to share your current writing skills with your teacher but in a low$-$risk way, because this assignment does not count towards your final course grade.