...Shaping Content Writing Paragraphs 1. PURPOSE, AUDIENCE, TONE, AND CONTENT L E A R N I N G 1. 2. 3. 4. 6 O B J E C T I V E S Identify the differences between summary, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation paragraphs Identify the content in writing paragraphs Demonstrate how audience and tone influence content Apply purpose, audience, tone, and content to a specific assignment Imagine reading a poorly written review of a movie that you would like to see this weekend. You cannot follow the characters, action, or conflict because the author of the review rambles on and on. Without clear paragraphs, this review will likely lose your interest, and you may skip the movie altogether! When you are the writer, it is helpful to position yourself as a reader. Ask yourself whether you can focus easily on each point you make. Effective writers use a single paragraph for each new idea they introduce. Paragraphs separate ideas into logical, manageable, and distinct units. Each paragraph focuses on only one main idea and presents coherent sentences to support that single point. Because all the sentences in one paragraph support the same point, a paragraph may stand on its own. Each paragraph is shaped by Purpose: the reason why the writer composes the paragraph. < Tone: the attitude the writer conveys about the paragraph’s subject. < Audience: the individual or group whom the writer intends to address. < Content: the written material in the paragraph. < 174 WRITING FOR SUCCESS ...
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...Design Responsibility under Design and Construct Contracts: Some issues for Principals Introduction There are a number of reasons design and construct (D&C) contracts are attractive to principals and lenders. There is a single point of responsibility for both design and construction aspects of the project, the principal is able to fast track the project although not all aspects of the construction are complete, there is greater certainty of price and the contractor is involved from the earliest stage in planning design and programming. In consequence, the principal will need to accept a higher price for the contractor to take on this additional risk compared to more traditional construct only contracts. This paper will identify some issues for principals to consider when allocating design responsibility to contractors within a D&C project. These issues arise as the design and construct process involves a fundamental conflict of interest. Principals desire to have constructed a product of the best quality for the lowest possibly price. The contractor on the other hand is more likely to make a higher profit if the product is of a lower quality (and therefore cost) and a higher price (as opposed to costs). In addition, although a greater proportion of design risk is placed on the contractor, this passing of risk is often accompanied by the abrogation of responsibility and loss of control. The paper will refer to the approaches of 3 standard form contracts -...
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...IT3006 Corporate Organizational Structure Template Name Brandan L. Holder | Date Completed 5-24-2014 | Prerequisite: You must have Units 1–6 completed before composing this assignment, which utilizes the practiced research and writing processes. Purpose and Overview The purpose of this assignment is to help you prepare for successful, enjoyable participation in a positive team experience for Units 8–10. In this assignment, you will research and compose descriptions of a fictitious anonymous company's IT Systems functional area and four main IT departments to demonstrate the organization’s support and interrelationships between the departments. Further, you will explore organization’s code of ethics and executive summaries of reports to understand what they are and how to compose them. Your main task is to develop a broad overview of the mission and purpose of each IT department to be prepared to participate in the team activity for Unit 8. Note that your assigned role for the team is not needed or related to this assignment. As you complete this assignment on this template, refer to information provided in the Unit 7 studies. Specifically, utilize these provided resources and perform research to satisfactorily complete this assignment. Teamwork Activity Challenge. “Organizational Structures” reading. “Functional Areas Managers” reading. * IMPORTANT: This assignment is due Sunday of week 7. Learners completing it on time will be performing Unit 8 as part of...
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...Week 3 – DQ1 – Business Communications Interpersonal communication is different from business communication due to the fact that the addressed audience is a group of several people who have different interest and concerns. The content must be structured to be informative and persuasive to hold the audience’s attention. There is also a harmonious relationship in order to build rapport. The purpose of an interpersonal communication is to remedy a situation with a purposed solution. The tone can be formal and professional, or it can informal. The audience in a business communication is primarily directed to people in a business environment, such as director, board members, upper management, etc. The content is well-structured and professional. Rapport must also be established and use of inclusive language. The tone is formal and professional with diplomacy. The purpose of a business communication is to inform, gain a response and/or request an action. Business Communication Example: (MEMO) TO: Willard Jones, Maintenance Supervisor DATE: January 15, 2008 FROM: Bob Nelson, Maintenance Director SUBJECT: Employee Evaluations This memorandum will serve as a reminder that all employee evaluations that are completed must first be brought to me before it is signed by the employee being evaluated. There have been several occasions of infractions in which rules or instructions were not followed by the mechanics...
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...JoAnn Stewart MGT-435 Scott Lawyer April 18, 2006 Who Am I? In writing a paper about myself all thoughts that come to my mind are totally vain. I want to use all the descriptive adjectives that I can possibly thank of, and embellish on any good features that I have. I thought about all the awards that I had won in high school and gotten at church and thought surely I must let everyone know about these. I pondered how well I dress and thought this is a must read issue. I gave a lot of thought to my good looks and thought I certainly can incorporate this in my paper. Then I looked into the mirror and asked myself, who are you, really and the answer came back to me. I am someone that wears many different hats. Some are quite perplexed but most are just that of the average guy, Average, that’s one word I never use in describing myself, for I always think of me as very extraordinary. So I decided to share with the world who I really am. It is amazing that when asked, “who am I” the first thing that comes to mind is “what am I”. So often we define ourselves by the “what’s” (job title, social status, degrees and accolades, etc.) rather than the “who’s” (believer in Jesus Christ, loving mother, dedicated to meeting the needs of friends and love ones). When beginning this assinment the major things that came to mind were the what’s rather than who and what are my worldviews? For me it took a lot of thought and examination to really determine “Who Am I”. This paper will...
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...Major Definite Purpose: Questions to Ask Yourself (3) 1. 5 most basic virtues: Love, Peace, Truth, Right Actions and Non-Violence. I strongly believe in allowing the universe to take its course in my life. I live life through a “vision board”, where I envision all that I want out of life and strongly affirm to making it happen. I believe that it is only when you see others are divine sparks of God will you have truly realized the purpose of life. I live or at least try to inculcate in my life the 5 values listed above and all my thoughts words and actions are benchmarked on those. 2. To be successful – career wise To be the best mother and wife I possibly can To enjoy life to the fullest 3. Do everything to ensure that my child is well taken care of use every moment to realize God consciousness. 4. Give it to my parents. They have worked so hard for everything and I want to be able to give them some time to rest and relax and enjoy life. 5. Letting my superiors know what I really think of them. Speaking out, especially if it is not positive is something that I have a problem doing. 6. My belief in God and my family. My husband and son are my greatest joy and pride and bring me the greatest sense of accomplishment. 7. Dream of being able to rid the world of poverty. While it may seem like an over ambitious goal, it is heart wrenching to see children suffer for food that some people throw away so much of everyday. If I can guarantee this I would take...
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... Abstract This paper intends to the necessity of personal development for promoting our country in the map of the world. The paper discuss on the role of personal development that we need in every aspects in our life. It will be able to make us more effective that will help us to reach our goals. The concept of the paper is discussed into a main article (Necessity of personal development) which is distributed in different sections. These sections had told about the role of personal development in our life such as setting goals, focusing, balancing and recognizing our strengths, are all positive attitudes and we need positive thoughts and behaviors in order to accomplish the purpose of life. ROLE OF PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT 3 INTRODUCTION Self development is personal development which can be used to support the person in achieving goals and objectives. It is the process of knowing and enhancing our attitudes, behavior and feelings to have a healthier , happier and successful life. Peter Drucker (1955) postulates that “Development is always self-development. Nothing could be more absurd than for the enterprise to assume responsibility for the development of a man . The responsibility rests with the individual...
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...for this stage because she will grow to be outgoing and sociable as their reflection along with being affectionate to others from the attention she was given in this stage. (Early child hood 2-3 years) In the early childhood stage Crystal is becoming curious and attempting to achieve some type of independence such as feeding herself and learning to use the bathroom on her own. Crystal is speaking and saying small words and already walking. This stage is a success with the interactive behavior from the parents and family being encouraging of independence and autonomy. (Preschool 3 to 5 years) Crystal is taught become aware of helping family with small chores and assisting with younger siblings. The success of this stage is the given purpose in life and power. (School age 6 to 11 years) Crystal now understands the importance of school work and teachers expecting her to complete certain educational tasks. In this stage the conflicts are industry Vs inferiority. The success of this stage leads to a sense of competency. (Adolescence 12 to 18) Crystal is surrounded by friends who are all different as far as personality she is learning her identity and is easily confused in social relationships. Her parents teach her to remain independent and mentally strong as well as to continue to be who she is at all times. The success of this stage is that she...
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...positive definition one can make of "what it is." We as humans are aware that we have the freedom to choose but this is a decision made possible by our own free will and freedom. "Bad faith" is the paradoxical free decision to deny to ourselves this inescapable freedom. As humans we are consciously aware of who we are and aware of what we are. However "Bad faith" offers the free decision to deny ourselves of this freedom. Sartre cites a café waiter, whose movements and conversation are a little too keenly. He is eager to please and he carries the food solidly and impressively, "his movement is quick and forward, a little too precise, a little too rapid". His exaggerated behavior demonstrates that he is acting as a waiter, and as though his purpose in life is to simply be a waiter. He is obviously acting that lie and is aware that he is not just a waiter, but is rather consciously deceiving himself as a waiter. Sartre believes that this is "bad faith."...
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...Purpose Of Life About ten years ago I was working so much I forgot about my health, family and friends. Somewhere along the road of shooting to become a successful business owner I lost track of what was most important. My dream somehow turned into a reality of being stressed out, and unhappy. It finally hit me...... Work had become my life's purpose. Like so many other entrepreneurs, I started my business for a chance at freedom and opportunity to be the master of my own destiny. I had visions of success and money, and with that I believed I could one day finally be happy. But the reality was I was not happy. I was miserable. I won't bare you with business concepts, but there is one important concept I learned that changed my life and I want to share it with you. All great companies have four things: purpose, vision, mission and care values. I asked myself, why can't I apply these ideas to my life? So I did, and here's how you can apply it to. Your life's purpose is the reason why you exist. It's the reason for being. Let me ask you again, because it's in my humble opinion, the most important question you could ever ask yourself – why do you exist? In the past, if you asked me what my life's purpose was – I would have told you it was to make lots of money. Believe me, there's nothing wrong with making money, but for myself, I finally realized it was not the reason why I exist. It was only an enabler at best. Finding your life's purpose is very much about...
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...able to . . . When I complete my education, I want to be able to be ready for my career. I want to be able to start my own business in the field of my choice. I want to be able to be self-sufficient and take care of my family based on my thriving business success. My education is a vital part in starting my business, which is why I have to make sure that I am successful and complete my studies on time. With my education I will have made all the necessary connections for me to start my business and it to be profitable. I also want to be in the fortune 500, as one of the best. I also want to be able to purchase the basics house, car of my choice, and stocks. Part 2 My purpose for being in school is my children, I have to be successful and complete my educational goals. My purpose for being in school is myself, I am determined to complete school so that I can better myself in my personal life. I am motivated to complete school because without my degree I believe that I will not be successful in my life. This is a last alternative for me so I have to give it my all and make getting an education work for me in my life. Based on your results of the CSFI, which dimensions have you explored this week? I have explored my time management skills and I have made the necessary adjustments so that I am successful in school. Explain how have you applied the information from the text to the dimensions you named in part a. I have taken the time to evaluate...
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...Purpose of Brochure The main purpose of the brochure is to inform potential customers about the business, and what sorts of products they sell. Panel 1 – This panel is essentially the most significant as it is the first part of the brochure that potential customers will see. Panel 1 contains a small amount of text, with four images and a bold, eye-catching WordArt title. I feel that it is purposeful because the images represent the products which are sold within the shop, and the text offers a brief overview of what sorts of products the shop sells. Panel 2 – The purpose of Panel 2 is to provide the potential customers with details on how to contact the business, should they want to. It contains the address of the business, an email address, and a telephone/fax number. There is also a map of Llangollen showing where ‘Cottage Cards and Crafts’ is located. Panel 3 – It informs potential customers about the business, with minimal text so that it does not look overloaded with text (which could put people off viewing it). It also contains 3 images of Llangollen within panel 3, which are purposeful because ‘Cottage Cards & Crafts’ is located in Llangollen. Panel 4 – The purpose of panel 4 is to convey a small amount of information about lovespoons. There is also 2 images on that panel; one of lovespoons and one of a welsh dragon. They are purposeful because ‘Cottage Cards & Crafts’ sell welsh lovespoons. Panel 5 - This panel contains a combination of text and images...
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...Plate Tectonics General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about the Earth’s plate tectonics. I. Introduction A. Attention getter: Have you ever wondered what is the reason why there are earthquakes on Earth? B. Thesis statement: I know I have because I’m always hearing about earthquakes happening all around the globe. C. Personal Credibility: Well I did some research and I found out a lot of interesting information. D. Audience motivation/reason to listen: I found out that the reason behind it is plate tectonics. Plate tectonics are a big reason for earthquakes and since we all live in California that is very relevant to all of us. E. Preview of main ideas: (list briefly, no details) 1. What are plate tectonics?...
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...“A” Conditions (1) The aircraft shall be either an aircraft in respect of which a Certificate of airworthiness or validation has previously been in force under the provisions of the Regulation, or an aircraft identical in design with an aircraft in respect of which such a certificate is or has been in force. (2) The aircraft shall fly only for the purpose of enabling it to: (a) qualify for the issue or renewal of a Certificate of airworthiness or of the validation thereof or the approval of a modification of the aircraft, after an application has been made for such issue, renewal, validation or approval, as the case may be; or (b) proceed to or from a place at which any inspection, test or weighing of the aircraft is to take place for a purpose referred to in sub-paragraph (a). (3) The aircraft and its engines shall be certified as fit for flight by the holder of a licence as an aircraft maintenance engineer entitled in accordance with the provisions of the Fourth Schedule so to certify, or by a person approved by the Civil Aviation Authority for the purpose of issuing certificates under this condition. (4) The aircraft shall carry the minimum flight crew specified in any Certificate of airworthiness or validation which has previously been in force under the Regulation in respect of the aircraft, or is or has previously been in force in respect of any other aircraft of identical design. (5) The aircraft...
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...a social pariah and may present harsh consequences, the road to individuality gives one an opportunity to discover his or her purpose in life through uniqueness and their morals. In “A&P,” John Updike portrays an exceptional story of a teenager’s battle between doing what is right and going along with society. The teenager, Sammy, works as a cashier at the local grocery store where he is presented with a situation with three teenage girls who walk in the store with only their bathing suits. When the manager spots the girls, he asks them to leave, and Sammy decides that they were not treated fair, so he quits his job at the store. Sammy made a choice to stand up for the girls in hopes of they would recognize his bravery and talk to him. His choice to refuse society’s ways cost him his job, but it teaches the audience a valuable lesson. When stood with adversity between what is right and wrong, one must always stand up for what is right no matter what society will think of them and no matter the consequences. By being unique, one expresses his or her individuality by standing out from the norm of society either by the way they dress and/or the way they act. In a society, one will meet some interesting people who have chosen to be unique and refuse to follow the rules of the standard world. These people are on their way to discovering their purpose in life, but they are criticized often for the choices they make. Nowadays, people are criticized not only by the way they act...
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