Exercise Topic sentence Instead of focusing on the

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Exercise Topic sentence Instead of focusing on the writer’s desire for selfexpression, a technical

Exercise Topic sentence Instead of focusing on the writer’s desire for selfexpression, a technical document addresses the reader’s desire for information. This doesn’t mean Pronoun refers back to first sentence. Repition of that your writing should sound like something “your” connects the produced by a robot, without any personality (or sentences. (Parallelism) voice). Your document may in fact reveal a lot about you (your competence, knowledge, integrity, etc. ), but it should not focus on you personally. Readers are interested in what you have done or in what you recommend, but they have only a professional interest in who you are (your feelings, hopes, dreams, visions). A personal essay, then, would not be technical writing. Transition word points back to rest of paragraph. Last sentence presents concrete example of topic. Recalls topic sentence. Consistent “you” focus and re-use of pronoun joins sentences.

Exercise Examine the following paragraph. What techniques has the author used to build coherence?

Exercise Examine the following paragraph. What techniques has the author used to build coherence? Instead of focusing on the writer’s desire for self-expression, a technical document addresses the reader’s desire for information. This doesn’t mean that your writing should sound like something produced by a robot, without any personality (or voice). Your document may in fact reveal a lot about you (your competence, knowledge, integrity, etc. ), but it should not focus on you personally. Readers are interested in what you have done or in what you recommend, but they have only a professional interest in who you are (your feelings, hopes, dreams, visions). A personal essay, then, would not be technical writing.