Assignments

Your instructor will indicate whether the end$-$of$-$chapter Assignments should serve as the basis for class discussion, for written exercises, or for both.

Features of Technical Communication

Option A$.$ Locate an example of technical communication $($such as a user's guide, owner's manual, or a document borrowed from a family member or an acquaintance who works in a technical profession$)$ and prepare a brief analysis

in which you explain $(1)$ the purpose for which the piece was written, $(2)$ the apparent readers and their needs, $(3)$ the way in which the example differs from typical academic writing, and $(4)$ the relative success with which the piece satisfies this chapter's guidelines.

Option B$.$ Using the following brief example of technical writing, prepare the analysis requested in Option A$.$