marks a transition in your journey to "communicate across contexts." Now that you have had some practice in identifying and thinking about the core concepts in a variety of texts, your next goal will be to think about the core concepts inyour ownwriting (i.e. your Academic Argument Paragraph) and to "transfer" your skills and knowledge about those core concepts to a different (i.e. non-academic) context. You will have a chance to review the concept of "genre" and how it pertains to "transfer" -- in preparation for your Transfer Assignment 1: Letter for Change. As part of your work on Transfer Assignment 1, you will also have an opportunity to review the form of a standard business letter.

1) Reviewing Concepts of Transfer and Genre

The first step to prepare yourself for transfer writing is to make sure you are familiar with the concept of transfer, and in particular how core concepts (such as language and tone) should be modified in accordance with the conventions of particular writing genres.

REQUIRED ACTIONS:

• View Principles of Transfer Powerpoint in the week 9 folder was about
• Study the Language Comparison ChartPurposeAudienceGenreMain idea/supportingevidencePersuasive techniques (logic,emotion, credibility)Language and tone.
• Applying the Core Concepts to the Two Contexts: purpose ,audience, Genre, techniques of persuasion one and language

Having reviewed the materials on transfer and letter writing AND thought about your topic for Transfer Assignment 1: Letter for Change,

1. Who is youraudienceand what is yourpurpose?
2. What is yourgenreand what specialformatting featuresdoes this genre require?
3. What kind oflanguageandtonewill you use? How are these different from or similar to the language and tone you used (or should have used) for your Academic Argument Paragraph?
4. How will yousupportyour request?
5. Whatpersuasive appealswill you use? How are these different from or similar to the persuasive appeals you likely used in your Academic Argument Paragraph?
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