Writing 2111F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Layaway, Crimethinc. Publications, Integrated Services Digital Network
9 May 2016
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Read: locker/findlay, chapters 7 and 8, and statstar case (link on. Discussion topic: refer to exercise 8. 5 on pages 189 of your text. As instructed there, compose a brief message to your boss correcting the figures. Use correct numbers" (b), and assume variation (ii). Post your message, and explain why you wrote it the way you did! Back to expected reader reaction: negative ( bad news ) messages are defined precisely by the fact that we, as writers, expect that our reader(s) will be disappointed and/or angry with the information conveyed in the message. Again (page 172), this central fact conditions our primary and secondary purposes and, more specifically, the rhetorical pattern we will use. As noted on page 173, in many circumstances requiring a negative message the direct approach (from chapter 7) is entirely appropriate. 8. 2 on page 175) gives you an outline of those kinds of circumstances, and a guide to how to organize negative messages.
