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Chapter 2: Audience & Persuasion
Professional Communication: Strategies for College and the Workplace by Dan Jones & Karen Lane Chapter 2: Audience & Persuasion Copyright © 2002 by Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers. All rights reserved.
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The Secret to Successful Technical Communication:
Audience Copyright © 2002 by Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers. All rights reserved.
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Your audience should determine...
planning & research content purpose scope strategies for opening, middle, & closing —continued— Copyright © 2002 by Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers. All rights reserved.
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Your audience should determine...
organization prose style design & illustrations choices overall tone type of document or presentation editing, revising, evaluating required Copyright © 2002 by Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers. All rights reserved.
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Understanding Your Audience
Categorical Approach Grouping according to discourse community or background Heuristic Approach Gathering audience information through direct questioning and observation Copyright © 2002 by Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers. All rights reserved.
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Other Considerations Primary, Secondary, Multiple Audiences
Levels of Technicality Copyright © 2002 by Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers. All rights reserved.
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Technical Communication & Persuasion
Technical writers interpret information represent a point of view advocate a position argue for one way of understanding information Copyright © 2002 by Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers. All rights reserved.
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Reasons to Persuade an Audience...
so that they accept a course of action so they accept a claim to motivate them Copyright © 2002 by Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers. All rights reserved.
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Strategies for Persuading Audiences
Pathos: appeal to your audience Ethos: establish your credibility Logos: strengthen your evidence and reasoning Copyright © 2002 by Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Longman Publishers. All rights reserved.
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