Excelsior College: Audience Awareness Writing Assignment
Post your primary response (150 – 200 words).
You have been asked to write two paragraphs about your first week as a student taking online classes at Excelsior College, describing your experiences and what you have learned so far. But, there is a catch!
You must write one paragraph for the administration of the college to read. Your paragraph to the college administration should be formal.
And a second paragraph for your fellow classmates to read. Your paragraph to your classmates should be warm and friendly.
It is time to use what you know already about being a skilled rhetorician and to practice the rhetorical skills you have learned about so far in this course.
As you compose, you should consider these questions:
• What key experiences do I want to convey?
• What language will I use with these two different audiences?
• How will my content be similar or different in my two paragraphs?
Audience Awareness
Writing for a set of Audiences
Your name
August 28, 2016
Excelsior College
Your location
August 28, 2016
Dear Ma’am/Sir
Good day. If I may be allowed, I only want to impart some of my experiences during the first week of my online classes here in Excelsior College. So far, it’s been a very productive week and I must say that the teaching set-up is very conducive for learning. My instructors and my classmates are very open, enthusiastic, and critical in terms of the knowledge dissemination. In my part, I do find this very efficient and helpful more specifically because this allows us to exchange ideas and information in a way that is fun and productive. For our initial topics, we’ve tackled ‘Introduction to Rhetoric, Conventions for Online discussions, and Writing process overview’. I really appreciate our focus on these topics since I know that these ...