WRITING ASSIGNMENT Who is writing to whom? What does the audience know, need to know, and want to know? When your audience fails to understand the text, you have failed to communicate. You are being asked to write two technical descriptions about the same topic, but for different audiences. One description will be directed at novices and the other at experts. As you begin this assignment there are several things you will need to take into consideration. Some of these items include: Culture Language abilities Education Income Level Interest in product/process/topic Knowledge of product/process/topic Each of the above items will influence the way craft your document. They will influence your tone, word choice, sentence structure, and even sentence length. Remember, one of the most important goals of any technical writing assignment is audience engagement. What engages you? https://www.umuc.edu/writingcenter/writingresources/writing_for_audiences.cfm For this assignment you will write contrasting technical descriptions. The purpose of this assignment is to give you experience in adapting a piece of technical writing to a specific audience. The assignment consists of two short independent pieces. Choose something that you know a lot about, but which would probably not be familiar to a broad, general audience. It could be anything from an abstract concept, to a technique, a skill, an object, or an activity. It is important that you do not just regurgitate the information from the chapter. You should use the chapter, but also go beyond it to use outside sources. THERE SHOULD BE NO PLAGIARISM AND IT SHOULD BE THREE PAGES EXCLUDING REFERENCES AND THE FORMAT TO FOLLOW IS DOWNLOADED IN THE DRAG AND DROP BOX BELOW .

1. WRITING ASSIGNMENT
Who is writing to whom? What does the audience know, need to
know, and want to know? When your audience fails to
understand the text, you have failed to communicate.
You are being asked to write two technical descriptions about
the same topic, but for different audiences. One description will
be directed at novices and the other at experts. As you begin
this assignment there are several things you will need to take
into consideration. Some of these items include:
Culture
Language abilities
Education
Income Level
Interest in product/process/topic
Knowledge of product/process/topic
Each of the above items will influence the way craft your
document. They will influence your tone, word choice, sentence
structure, and even sentence length. Remember, one of the most
important goals of any technical writing assignment is audience
engagement. What engages you?

2. https://www.umuc.edu/writingcenter/writingresources/writing_f
or_audiences.cfm
For this assignment you will write contrasting technical
descriptions. The purpose of this assignment is to give you
experience in adapting a piece of technical writing to a specific
audience. The assignment consists of two short independent
pieces.
Choose something that you know a lot about, but which would
probably not be familiar to a broad, general audience. It could
be anything from an abstract concept, to a technique, a skill, an
object, or an activity.
It is important that you do not just regurgitate the information
from the chapter. You should use the chapter, but also go
beyond it to use outside sources.
THERE SHOULD BE NO PLAGIARISM AND IT SHOULD BE
THREE PAGES EXCLUDING REFERENCES AND THE
FORMAT TO FOLLOW IS DOWNLOADED IN THE DRAG
AND DROP BOX BELOW