Reading Analysis/Application: Design Concepts in Action

Background and Overview

“Design” is a part of everything in life, from art to engineering, from culinary creations to architecture, from fashion to film, etc. Chapter 5 in Writing That Works provides a deep dive for us into the many ways that design plays a part in effective business documents. The many types of text and visual design concepts presented in this chapter will apply in a myriad of ways across the varied disciplines and career paths that students in this class are pursuing.

Estimated Time for Completion: 30 minutes

Target Course Objectives

• Communicate persuasive, complex content that demonstrates the writers understanding of the subject.
• Demonstrate time-management skills by submitting assignments by the specified due dates.

Instructions

• Focus on one design concept or principle discussed in Chapter 5 of Writing That Works that was new to you.
• First, write a paragraph identifying the concept or principle that was new to you and briefly summarize the related textbook content.
• Next, write a paragraph explaining how you will apply what you have learned in your academic or workplace writing.
• Enclose any direct quotes from Writing That Works in quotation marks and include the page number in parentheses before the period. [“Quote” (p. #).].

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Module # Reading Analysis/Application