Here is a sample of the best work I have done for ENGL301 Technical Writing. The assignments cover a number of writing formats encountered in the workspace including technical definitions, report proposals, complaint letters, and peer reviews.
This assignment seeks to explain technical terms to a non-technical audience using three types of definitions: parenthetical definition, sentence definition, and expanded definition.
The sample details the origin, history, and applications of the meteorological term “Vorticity”.
The following is a proposal to study the causes of low viewership of the UBC weather forecasts. The proposal seeks to outline the major research questions, the proposed solution, and the methods related to gathering data.
Communication of negative information in the professional realm is often a tricky matter. Inappropriate use of tone can lead to the lost of customers or lead to negative financial consequences.
The following assignment includes a complaint letter, and a response letter delivering bad news. The letters utilize YOU Attitude in order to communicate in the most respectful manner possible.
YOU Attitude describes a list of guidelines regarding organization of writing, and use of terms that considers the readers’ point of view, and protects the dignity of recipient.
Peer Review- Formal Report Draft
The following is a peer review of a formal report draft submitted by my classmate. The objective of the review is to point out the strengths of the draft as well as to list recommendations that can improve the report.