{"id":174,"date":"2017-08-09T16:04:21","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T16:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-clinton-technicalwriting\/?post_type=chapter&p=174"},"modified":"2017-08-09T16:04:21","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T16:04:21","slug":"cover-sheet-review-2","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-clinton-technicalwriting\/chapter\/cover-sheet-review-2\/","title":{"raw":"Cover Sheet Review","rendered":"Cover Sheet Review"},"content":{"raw":"
\r\n\r\nOk, let's take a closer sheet at the purpose and design of the cover sheet, a prewriting technique used to analyze your audience, your purpose and your direction.\r\n\r\nFirst of all, the\u00a0Cover Sheet<\/b>\u00a0is broken into three sections:\u00a0Reader\/Audience<\/i>;Writer\/Sender\u00a0<\/i>and\u00a0Content\/Design.<\/i>\r\n\r\nThe\u00a0Reader\/Audience<\/i>\u00a0section has to look at your topic from your reader's perspective. When it says \"Prior knowledge of subject,\"<\/b>\u00a0that means what is the reader's knowledge of your topic before he\/she begins to read your document? You have to know this because it will help you develop your paper. You will know what material is necessary and what material is obvious, unnecessary.\r\n\r\nFor instance, with the\u00a0Letter of Inquiry,\u00a0<\/b>you're writing to a company about its product. Obviously, the company is very familiar with the product, so you don't need to give lots of background information. If you were from the company and writing to potential customers, then you would have to use lots more background because the reader's knowledge is not that good.\r\n\r\nYou need to know the reader's\u00a0attitude,<\/b>\u00a0both toward the subject and toward you. Again, it's sometimes obvious that the reader doesn't know you as a person, but he\/she knows you as the writer of this document. What is he thinking about you before he even starts to read? Analyze that. Put yourself in your reader's shoes. Know how he\/she is going to respond.\r\n\r\nSo everything between\u00a0Reader\/Audience<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0Writer\/Sender<\/i>\u00a0is reader-oriented. The\u00a0Writer\/Sender<\/i>\u00a0section simply helps you recognize what you're doing and why, gives your own position importance. The\u00a0Content\/Design<\/i>\u00a0section helps you think about how you might want to display your information. Remember, we're not writing the same kind of document each time. Each one requires different kinds of design techniques.\r\n\r\nThe lines above the\u00a0Reader\/Audience<\/i>\u00a0section are for to identify yourself. Organization: means which organization are you writing from? Is it personal, or is it one of the two organizations you described in your opening assignment?\r\n\r\nAlso, keep your design of this document in mind. How does it look, visually?\u00a0Boldface\u00a0<\/b>heading, indent subheadings. Make it look professional. Although, I don't grade the\u00a0Cover Sheet,<\/b>\u00a0it can influence your overall grade for an assignment (I take one point off if it's not handed in). So spend some quality time on this important prewriting technique. Thanks.\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"
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Ok, let’s take a closer sheet at the purpose and design of the cover sheet, a prewriting technique used to analyze your audience, your purpose and your direction.<\/p>\n

First of all, the\u00a0Cover Sheet<\/b>\u00a0is broken into three sections:\u00a0Reader\/Audience<\/i>;Writer\/Sender\u00a0<\/i>and\u00a0Content\/Design.<\/i><\/p>\n

The\u00a0Reader\/Audience<\/i>\u00a0section has to look at your topic from your reader’s perspective. When it says “Prior knowledge of subject,”<\/b>\u00a0that means what is the reader’s knowledge of your topic before he\/she begins to read your document? You have to know this because it will help you develop your paper. You will know what material is necessary and what material is obvious, unnecessary.<\/p>\n

For instance, with the\u00a0Letter of Inquiry,\u00a0<\/b>you’re writing to a company about its product. Obviously, the company is very familiar with the product, so you don’t need to give lots of background information. If you were from the company and writing to potential customers, then you would have to use lots more background because the reader’s knowledge is not that good.<\/p>\n

You need to know the reader’s\u00a0attitude,<\/b>\u00a0both toward the subject and toward you. Again, it’s sometimes obvious that the reader doesn’t know you as a person, but he\/she knows you as the writer of this document. What is he thinking about you before he even starts to read? Analyze that. Put yourself in your reader’s shoes. Know how he\/she is going to respond.<\/p>\n

So everything between\u00a0Reader\/Audience<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0Writer\/Sender<\/i>\u00a0is reader-oriented. The\u00a0Writer\/Sender<\/i>\u00a0section simply helps you recognize what you’re doing and why, gives your own position importance. The\u00a0Content\/Design<\/i>\u00a0section helps you think about how you might want to display your information. Remember, we’re not writing the same kind of document each time. Each one requires different kinds of design techniques.<\/p>\n

The lines above the\u00a0Reader\/Audience<\/i>\u00a0section are for to identify yourself. Organization: means which organization are you writing from? Is it personal, or is it one of the two organizations you described in your opening assignment?<\/p>\n

Also, keep your design of this document in mind. How does it look, visually?\u00a0Boldface\u00a0<\/b>heading, indent subheadings. Make it look professional. Although, I don’t grade the\u00a0Cover Sheet,<\/b>\u00a0it can influence your overall grade for an assignment (I take one point off if it’s not handed in). So spend some quality time on this important prewriting technique. Thanks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t

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