PPT-Science Writing for a Lay Audience

Writing Development Centre nclwdc Writing Development Centre Explore the possibilities Todays session Why do you want to write for a lay audience What do you want to write . “PostSecret: Not so Secret”. Home. . Introduction. . Project Description. . My Writing Process. . ENG 110 Objective. . Lessons Learned. . References. by Kelly . Giffear. Biochemistry Major, Spanish Minor. SECTION A. Audience. Key aspects that would have been chosen to appeal to the target market:. Presentation: colour, pictures, diagrams, front style and size. Language: level of difficulty, variety of vocabulary, sentence structure. Persuasive . Essay. RAFTS. RAFTS is a writing strategy. All effective writing has these 5 key components. :. Role. of the author – voice and . p.o.v. . are clear.. Audience. is clear – affects choice of style and content.. Industrial Wastewater Operators. Steve Frank, APR, WEF Fellow. SDF Communications, Inc.. SDFComm@q.com. 303-957-7459. Wisdom of my 7. th. grade teacher. If you can’t write it, . you don’t understand it. Dr Helen Webster. Writing Development Centre. The Impact Agenda. Scientific Writing Competitions. Routes to public engagement and impact:. Broadcast media (print, television, radio). Social media . Public outreach events. The Persuasive Essay. Argumentation/persuasion. Writing that attempts to convince the reader to agree with the writer’s point of view; to make a particular decision; to pursue a particular course of action. What is and Abstract. An abstract usually acts as a summary of work already completed and is used by prospective readers to decide whether or not to read the entire text. . An abstract should represent as much as is possible the quantitative and qualitative information in the document, and also reflect its reasoning.. There are many elements that go into writing. In this lesson we are going to address three of them:. Voice. Purpose. Audience . Definition: . Argument / Opinion Writing. W.CCR.1 . Write arguments to support claims in. . an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid. . reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.. News Report. Samples from 2010. Here are some samples of student work with grades from the 2010 OSSLT test..  . Please take some time to review the answers and the commentary on why . each student scored . Areas we’ll cover today. Philosophy of user-centered content. Structuring your content and navigation. Writing for the web. Writing about Elizabethtown College. Images and other Formatting. User-Centered Content. To persuade (political cartoon, speech, essay, advertise, debate, editorial…). To entertain ( various). Describe (I think that descriptive . can . also be . informative). AUDIENCE. Your audience determines how you write. Know who your audience is so you can determine your strategy.. Audience: The Readers Of Lab Reports Created By Anita Thammavongsa CONTENT COVERED IN GUIDE 2 3 4 6 10 11 WHAT IS “AUDIENCE” in lab reports? 3 Why audience matters 4 Why AUDIENCE MATTERS: Depth vs Breadth POWERING ROCKETS AND DREAMS: South African Siyabulela XuzaDon't tell me the sky is the limit when there are footprints on the moonBut this obsession started earlier, when he saw a small aeroplane for