ENG 316 Strayer Factors that Motivate Tourists to Select a Destination & Technical Writing Discussion Before completing this discussion, make sure you have

ENG 316 Strayer Factors that Motivate Tourists to Select a Destination & Technical Writing Discussion Before completing this discussion, make sure you have completed this week’s readings and the discussion preparation activity.

Please respond to the following:

Describe an example of technical writing that you have recently written or encountered at work, home, or school. Describe the characteristics that identify it as technical writing.
Using the example you identified from the e-activity, analyze the resource with regards to its target audience, the purpose of the writing, and the resource’s overall tone.
Comment on the degree to which the resource is relevant to its apparent target audience and purpose.
Cite textual evidence to support your analysis and commentary.

See the Web Sources section of the Strayer Writing Standards guide available in the left-hand menu for resources on citing Internet sources in your discussion.

Week 2

Before completing this discussion, make sure you have completed this week’s readings.

Please respond to the following:

Use the Strayer University Library to locate a source that would be relevant to a research topic of your choice that interests you.
Cite the source that you located using SWS formatting.
State the topic you researched and the database you used to locate the source.
Describe your research process. In other words, how did you conduct your search, what keywords did you use, and so on?
Imagine you are now writing a memo and a FAQ that would include information from the source that you located.
Briefly, how you would incorporate the source into the memo and the FAQ.
How is your use of the source different based on the type of writing you are doing?
Briefly explain what your writing process for one of these two would be (either the memo or the FAQ). Refer to your textbook readings.

See the Strayer Writing Standards guide available in the left-hand menu for resources on citing sources in your discussion