lesson 12,13,14,15 Flashcards
The Composition Process
The composition process helps you gain control over your message
The composition process is flexible, not a fixed prescription of sequenced steps.
categories
Planning
Composing
Revising
intercultural Communication
the communication between people from two different cultures.
How good organization is achieved
Start with the Main Idea
State the Major points
Illustrate with Evidence
Establish Sequence with Organizational Patterns
Direct Approach (deductive)
Putting the main idea first followed by evidence.
Indirect Approach (inductive)
Putting the main idea later and evidences first.
Use direct order if the audience’s reaction is likely to be positive and indirect order if it is likely to be negative.
Connotation and Denotations
Content words have both a denotative (dictionary) direct meaning and a meaning and a connotative (associative) almost synonm meaning
A Simple Sentence
A simple sentence has a single subject and a single verb.
A Compound Sentence
A compound sentence expresses two or more independent but related thoughts
A Complex Sentence
A complex sentence expresses one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
Proposals:
identify a specific problem and state how you will solve that problem.
Proposal Structure:
Front matter
Letter of transmittal
Title page
Summary
Table of contents
List of figures and tables
Body
Introduction
Technical approach
Management requirements
Work plan
End matter