DOCUMENT ANALYSIS ACTIVITY

Writing a Persuasive Directive

This directive was sent to the members of a Montana government department. The questions below ask you to think about the process of writing persuasive directives (as discussed in “Writing Directives”).

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Question 12.1

1. How would you describe the tone used by the writer? Provide an example to support your claim.

Question 12.2

2. The writer presents examples of what he calls violations of the state travel policy. Do these examples provide solid evidence that violations of the policy have in fact occurred?

Question 12.3

3. How effectively has the writer encouraged his staff to abide by the travel policy? How might he improve the persuasiveness of the directive?

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