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| Multiple roles of the writer |
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editor, reader, listener, teacher, advocate, project manager.
relevance: writer's carry many roles in the professional world and can be used for many different aspects of writing within a business or company.
forum: # 3 discuss which of the writing roles that Ursula and/or Pam played at the JRC. |
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| the best way to attain.EX |
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| choosing how to communicate best and depending it on the purpose of who you are trying to communicate.EX Katrina |
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| closely reading for any metaphors, bias and language the writer tries to portray. EX |
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| state a group arises to when they have a shared vision to complete a goal.EX |
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| corporate/organizational culture |
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| cultures in the workplace that are built on stories that the company shares. EX the Forum were it was important that LInda, the new employee r |
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| text,documents and images that sends a message/ myth. EX the Coca- Cola annual report. |
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| a community shared public goals and a place where forum and discourse/communication takes place.EX Linda's ereserve story about her coming into a new workplace and being in a discourse community where she was able to get feedback |
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| document cycling/Review feedback/ writing mentoring |
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| geting feedback and getting the information looked over by others to get EX forum on being a supervisor or a staff member and how being the supervisor you take responsibility for looking over and revising the paper. |
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| Elemets of rhetorical analysis |
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| audience,purpose, context that are elements that are to be acknowledged in the text to be able to provide a strong message to the reader.EX the draft that we evaluated to help improve the memo or letter |
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| Everyday/workplace genres |
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| conventional forms of communication that respond to recurring situations such as aid thinking and teachable features best when participating in a discourse community.EX |
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| not really open to other ways of thinking.EX |
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| integration of document development into proffessional work practce |
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| developing better communication through documenting work that has been done to make it easier for others to be able to follow the information done or found EX Sam B's story where started working at a new place and had to rewrite the codes becuase the ex- employee failed to have good documentation. |
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| Language as expression of value |
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| the style and tone used to get an objective across. |
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definition: already formatted documents can be used as a reference. Or visuals, diagrams, or graphs that are used as examples to help reader get a better understanding of the topic.
ex: starting point or reference used by writer or read by the audience to understand topic better.
forum: #6 evaluation of annual reports of different companies. |
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| narrative in the workplace & professions |
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1.uses of storytelling outside of fiction writing.
2.Who does it? backgrounds, interests, and professions.
3.Transitions to professional writing
4. Writing as part of a professional team
5. Writing to discover professional knowledge
relevance: Useful to be able to narrate stories in a professional matter through writing.
response: # 4 After reading and reflecting upon "It's Not Mark Twain's River Anymore," choose just a single ONE of the two new job stories that the author tells and apply just a single ONE of the following concepts or issues introduced in class to the story that you choose:
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| Organizational personality |
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culture of company that people that work for company feel for + value.
ex) becoming (unconsciously)
a mouthpiece for something bigger than yourself.
relevance: is important for companies because it generates the culture and values that employees get accustomed too and enjoy.
response: # 9 corporate culture create the texts for Goldland |
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Ethos-CREDIBILITY: character and expertise. ex) honesty, practical wisdom, and goodwill. credibility from your position.
Logos-REASONING: argument + evidence.
Pathos-EMOTION: motivation and aesthetics
negative ex) fear, greed, guilt, exclusivity.
positive ex) adventurousness, altruism, duty, comradeship.
relevance: used in all types of marketing ads etc.
story: Taking Charge (Jason) |
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| Professional resistance to writing |
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Your job description may not empahsize a big part of your professional job.
The above statement means that your title does not specify all the tasks that need to be done, and you as a professional in a company understand what the expectations of the company are. Therefore you should not make excuses to not take care of all the responsibilities.
response: # 8 game design team story |
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when you know something from the situation you are in.
ex) "everything you know comes from experience" |
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| **Social construction of knowledge |
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| The construction of social communication within a group of people working together. |
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| Synchronistic effects of text & graphics |
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| How different texts + graphics in documents can work together in a sequential professional matter. |
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| transition to professional writing |
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how to develop writing roles on the job.
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| flexible text that can get reused over and over again in the same form but also be modified when needed modified.Ex Ursula's JRC press release she incorporated a copy about JRC into her second paragraph using the same text. |
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| unwritten manifestations of organizational culture |
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| corporate culture that is shared with the people that are associated with the corporation. + how this culture influences the on writing practices. |
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| who does workplace writing? |
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| range of backgrounds, interests, and professions. |
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| writing as part of a professional team |
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| forms a collaboration of writing in one work place. Ideas are communicated easier everything can run smoother. |
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| Writing reactions under pressure |
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Dyfluency: Any type of speech which is marked with repetitions, prolongation, and hesitations; an interruption in the flow of speech sounds
hypercorrection: when you make up words to sound more sophisticated and better.
display behavior: how you display how you act under pressure from outside sources. |
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| writing to discover personal knowledge |
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| versus just writing things down. Keeping down good ideas to save and later utilize. |
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