Weblog Post 2: 3 Elements of 1st Report

The three main elements I incorporated from the text in writing my report were identifying the purpose, organizing the information, and analyzing the audience. Before beginning my paper, I brainstormed and listed ideas for each given component of the report. I identified the purpose of each component in part of the scenario as an employee investigating communication in civil engineering. I used the questions from the text to formulate my initial brainstorming list and then I organized the brainstorming in bullet format to create a consistent flow in the report. I used paragraphs to separate the components. While writing the report I used the Audience Familiarity with Subject, Expectations, and Education table to analyze my audience. Since the report is written for my boss, I used the Experts section as the reader. I knew most of the professional terms I would be using in the report would be understandable by my boss.