Outline Item:
Opening Section:
My opening section will include an attention grabber for the reader. My genre for this specific project is a QRG; therefore, I will begin talking about the importance of context and rhetorical situation when one is professionally writing. I will then continue to talk about my major and the possible career fields it leads into. Next, I will introduce my interviewees and give a brief background summary on both of them.
Adaptation of Outline Item:
Opening Section of QRG:
Everything there is to know on how Physiology professors and
researchers create texts in the work that they do
I recently interviewed two retired physiology professors at
the University of Arizona over the past few weeks: Professor Eldon Braun and
Professor William Dantzler. Both of the interviewees have PhD titles who worked
for the University of Arizona.. In my interviews, I discussed the kinds of
writing and composing genres they mostly used in their field.
Why is rhetorical situation
so crucial when one is professionally writing?
Being able to understand and analyze the rhetorical
situation of your writing can help contribute to strong, audience-focused and
organized writing.
One of my
interview questions was “is there anything about professional communication in
the medical field that you think students should know?
Dantzler replied, “The one thing I would emphasize is before
you present anything, organize your thoughts and decide what you are going to
present and who you are presenting to. The biggest problem is always writing
for graduate students; it is hard to teach them to write, it takes so much time
and most students don’t know how to write because they aren’t taught in junior
high and high school. When you are writing something, remember to keep track of
parallel ideas and sentence structure. You cant have inappropriate writing
styles, especially when presenting science. Make an outline even of a sentence;
if you are organized, your writing will fall together!”
The three main genres that each professor brought up were
scientific papers, orally presentations, and PowerPoints. Depending on what
kind of information is being presented, each of these genres have specific
conventions that must be followed in order to be successful.
What is the
rhetorical situation?
The purpose of a scientific paper is to present large
amounts of research usually published in a journal. I know what you are
thinking, how overwhelming! Don’t get too ahead of yourself, this is why
conventions are important when writing a scientific paper. The audience for a
scientific paper typically consists of other scientists and researchers.
Professor Braun stated, “You write a scientific paper for
the experts in the field, for a wide audience of scientists so they can read
and understand information.”
Oral presentations are typically used for preliminary
publications that are presented in 10 minutes or less. Most small research is
presented this way and there is a more clearly defined and specific audience.
Powerpoints, on the other hand, are necessary for an
audience of students or people who are not as familiar with the subject of the
powerpoint. This is vastly different from a scientific paper because it is much
simpler and easier to understand for a general audience.
Audience Questions:
I decided to use an attention grabber for my audience in my introduction. Because I am using a QRG for Project 2, I came up with a clear and interesting title so that the reader knows exactly what the topic of the QRG is.
The actual production of this material was slightly difficult because at first I wasn't sure what to include in the introduction. There is so much information to present that it is crucial I organize it in the best way possible so I don't lose my audience. Once I got on the right track and dedicated writing my opening section on informing the reader on the rhetorical situation, the process became much easier.
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