Prompts for Technical Description DocumentThe Rhetorical SituationAuthor: You are a technical writer
Prompts for Technical Description DocumentThe Rhetorical SituationAuthor: You are a technical writer employed by a large marketing company. Your job is to create technical documents to meet your client’s specifications and needs. These documents are to be created for a specific audience and should be approximately three pages long. The content of the document must be accurate and researched. The writing style should reflect the audience. The design of the document must appeal to the reader’s age and reading level. At the minimum, the document must include the following design elements:Attractive and eye catching banner headlineConsistent and easy to read headings and subheadingsAt least one original graphic created using Smart Art function in WordAt least one other graphic (either original or from the Internet). This can be a photo.A sidebar with additional informationAttractive design and layout using highlighting and other design elements to bring attention to important points.Audience: The audience will be described in the prompt. Make sure you keep the audience in mind as you create your document. The content and approach you use must match the needs and values of the audience.Subject: The subject will be spelled out in the prompt. You need to do some research on the subject and then put the information into your own words as you compose the document.Context of Use: The document will be delivered to your client electronically. In some cases the document will be printed and handed out. In other cases, the document may become part of a webpage or electronic medium.Steps:1. Research the topic thoroughly. Do not depend on just one website. Most of the information is general knowledge. Take notes and PUT THE INFORMATION into your own words.2. Decide the best way to divide the content (stages, steps, cycles), and use these as guidelines for creating your headlines.3. Write the content first before worrying about the layout and design. Submit the content (with the purpose statement and headings) for approval.4. On a separate sheet of paper, draw your layout and design. Sketch out the graphics you plan to create. Add the placement of photos and the sidebar.5. Using this template as a guide, create your document design.6. Now, make any corrections or revisions to the content document and paste the information into your design document.7. Save the completed document and submit to Canvas by the due date.Prompts:#1. Your client is the Community Pregnancy Clinic located in Miami, Florida. The clinic offers free counseling and medical attention for women in the neighborhood who are pregnant. Most of the cliental is teenaged girls with limited education. The clinic director has asked your company to create the following documents to give to their clients and put on their website. (You can choose which one you want to create. You only need to create one document.)Stages of Pregnancy (Trimester 1, 2, 3). Focus on either the mother or the fetus.Baby Development Stages (1-3 mo; 4-6 mo; 4-6 mo; 6-9 mo; 9-12 mo.Types of Birth ControlSafe Sex Practices#2. Your client is a large physician group that specializes in the elderly patient. You have been hired to create a document for the patients and their caregivers outlining the seven stages of Alzheimer’s disease.#3. Your client is the Burlington County Prep School. You have been hired to create a document to be used in their eighth grade science classes. This will be handed out to the students are part of a unit on the topic. Your audience is fairly bright 8th grade students. You only need to create one document on one topic but you have several topics to choose from:The process of photosynthesisThe process of respirationThe life cycle of a mosquitoThe process of digestionHow a tornado formsHow a coral reef formsHow a volcano forms#4. Your client is a large law firm in Tampa, Florida. They have hired your company to develop several documents to hand out to clients and to post on their website.The process of buying a houseThe process of evicting a tenantDegrees of murderDefine sexual harassmentDefine sexual abuseDefine child abuseDefine bullying (in school or in the workplace)#5. Your client is an elementary school teacher who wants to teach her students about the government. She teaches 5th grade to low income students with poor reading skills. She needs you to create the following documents (choose one).How the United States elects a presidentHow a bill becomes lawThe three branches of government

