---

(Return to the English 2311 Table of Contents)
(Return to the English 2311 Syllabus)
 

Sample Course Exercises

The following links will take you to samples of several of the exercises, some created by and with the permission of past students of Technical Writing classes.  Use these as models for your own exercises and samples of the organizational and stylistic principles discussed in the related chapters of Technical Communication: A Reader-Centered Approach.

Exercise 1 – Writing For Employment: The Letter of Application, Experiential Résumé, Skills Résumé, and Scannable Résumé (Project 1, page 687) 

Model Letter of Application for Employment (full-time)

Model Letter of Application for Employment (part-time)

Model Skills (Traditional) Resume

Model Scannable (Electronic) Resume

Exercise 2 – Description (Partitioning an Object) (Exercise 3, page 255) 

Model Description

Exercise 3 – Description (Segmenting a Procedure) (Exercise 5, page 255) 

See samples in Chapter 3.

Exercise 4 – Writing a Letter of Inquiry, Letter of Thanks, Letter of Introduction (see instructions on the website) 

Model Letter of Inquiry

Model Letter of Thanks

Model Letter of Introduction

Exercise 5 – Writing Memos: Announcing a Meeting, Comparing Two Options, Reporting Results (see instructions on the website) 

Model Memorandum Announcing a Meeting

Model Memorandum Comparing Two Options

Model Memorandum Reporting Results

Exercise 6 – Writing E-mail: Submitting an Assignment, Requesting a Letter of Support, Forwarding a Document (see instructions on the website) 

Exercise 7 – Writing a Proposal (Project 8, page, 693) 

Model Proposal for a Working Environment Change

Model Formal Proposal

Exercise 8 – The Writer’s Style (Low-Information Content/Expressions, Reducing Wordiness)
(see instructions on the website) 

Suggested Corrections for Exercise 8a

Suggested Corrections for Exercise 8b

Exercise 9 – An Informational Page (Project 3, page 689) 

See samples in Chapter 9.

Exercise 10 – Writing a Proposal: “Re-visioning” a Communication (Project 8, page, 693)

Exercise 11 – The User Manual (see instructions on the website)

Model User Manual (1)

Model User Manual (2)

Exercise 12 – The PowerPoint Outline (see instructions on the website)

Model PowerPoint Outline (1)

Model PowerPoint Outline (2)

Exercise 13 – Review of Your Work: Submission of required revisions and late work.

Exercise 14 – Final Exam (see instructions on the website)

Additional Samples of Business and Report Writing

Model Letter Reporting on an Academic Subject

Model Letter of Adjustment

Model Letter of Complaint

Model Abstract  

Model Executive Summary

Model Semi-formal Report

Model Inspection Reports and Faxes