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Audience
Who, specifically is going to be reading this essay? Who am I trying to reach with my argument?
Our QRGs are obviously only going to be read by each other and Professor Bottai however I know that I am writing mine with the intended audience of American consumers particularly in regard to car owners (as my QRG is about automotive recalls).
What are their values and expectations? Am I adequately meeting those expectations?
My QRG has a has a twofold audience and therefore I have to meet two sets of expectations. The first audience group is that which owns the economy cars that are mostly in question in the spate of recalls. For this audience, my QRG should deliver the information about the recalls and explain why it is a serious issues and must be addressed as soon as possible.
The other subset of my audience is car enthusiasts. They, on the other hand, want to hear more about how this recall process could have been as botched as it was. In short, they would like to see a bit of finger pointing at General Motors for the company's failure to be forthright with a significant safety issue.
How much information do I need to give to my audience? How much background information or context should I provide for them without insulting their expertise?
For my audience, I need to give a more rather than less background information as my QRG involves serious issues and it is imperative that anyone who reads it and owns or knows someone who owns an affected vehicle deal with it as soon as possible. Additionally, many people don't have a good technical understanding of how cars work and therefore need a good deal of explanation to understand the technical problems.
What kind of language is suitable for this audience?
The language needs to be as easily understandable as possible but as this is a topic with some technical aspects, my final draft will include good explanations of every technical aspect that needs to be referenced in order that it may be easy to understand.
What tone should I use with my audience? Do I Use this tone consistently throughout my draft?
I am hereby acknowledging that my tone leans to the informal but I think appropriate tone in regard to this topic is seriousness mixed with some sarcastic and grim humor.
Content
What are the formatting requirements of the assignment? Do I meet them?
The formatting requirements for our QRGs is to write a QRG with pictures, a lead, and the other conventions of a QRG. So far, I meet them at a basic level but I want to exceed that.
What are the content requirements for the assignment? Do I meet them?
The conventions of a QRG include well spaced text, pictures and graphics, not too advanced diction, subheadings, and relevant hyperlinks as well as a number of other things. I do not meet all of these requirements at this time so this will have to be incorporated during the revision process.
Does my draft reflect knowledge or skills gained in class in addition to my own ideas and voice?
My draft reflects a lot of knowledge gained in class as I was not previously specifically aware of QRGs as a genre of writing and as such everything we have learned about proper conventions for a QRG has been something I have learned in class. I have also learned how to properly and legally cite images taken from the internet which is definitely a critical skill.
Have I addressed any grammatical issues that my teacher highlighted in class or in my previously-graded assignments?
I am not aware of any grammatical issues though throughout the multiple stage peer review process, I should be pretty well exposed to people who can help me isolate any of those issues.
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