profcomm Writing pages 51-53

You are working on a written report. One of your teammates is taking too long to complete his part of the report. It must be completed today. Your goal is to get his part of the report without making him upset. 

A friend asked you to review her term paper. After reading it, you realize that she did not follow 

the steps in the writing process. It is poorly written and needs much more work. You do not want her to get a poor grade for not following instructions.

Your instructor asks you to review a press release that he will send to the national office of 

your CTSO. You observe that the formatting is incorrect. You want your instructor to portray a positive appearance for the national office.

A coworker is using company time to send personal e-mails and read information on the Internet. 

It is not your responsibility to tell this person how to behave. However, you know that the company filters e-mail and your friend may get fired if she gets caught misusing company time. 

List the four Cs of communication for George to write down in his notes. 

Explain to George why these qualities are important.

Explain to Andrea the difference in using a direct approach or using an indirect approach in 

written communication. 

Provide Andrea with an example that would demonstrate each approach.

Process of rewriting paragraphs and sentences to improve organization and content. 

Measure of whether the document is easy to read.