Audience Adaptation, according to our textbook, is the process of changing your delivery of technical information to better match the background, knowledge, and needs of your intended audience (McMurrey, 2019, para. 12).
In particular, when writing for non-specialist audiences, technical writers can take advantage of various different “controls” that can help them adapt complex texts into material that non-specialists can understand and use.
For this week’s concept worksheet, your task is to use these “controls” to make a difficult, complex text more understandable and useful to a non-specialist audience.
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· Begin by reviewing the Audience Adaptation section of this week’s reading.
· Pick five different controls to help you adapt the text below.
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· Copy the text into a document and revise, change, and improve it using the controls you’ve chosen. When your revisions are complete, the text should be greatly improved and far more useful for a non-specialist audience. This may include significant simplification and shortening of the existing text.
· Finally, write a 2-3 paragraph reflection that explains which controls you used and how they helped the text become more understandable and useful for a non-specialist audience.
· Upload a Microsoft Word document (.doc or .docx) only. Submissions in any other format, such as PDF, will not be accepted. Please ensure you use the correct file type before submitting.
