DOCUMENT ANALYSIS ACTIVITY

Presenting Clear Instructions

This page is from a set of instructions in an e-reader user’s manual. The questions below ask you to think about the discussion of instructions in “Writing Instructions.”

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Question 14.1

1. This page includes no graphics. Point out two or three passages on the page that might be easier to understand if they included graphics. Describe the graphics you would include.

Question 14.2

2. Is the amount of information presented in each step appropriate?

Question 14.3

3. How effectively has the designer used typography to distinguish the various kinds of information presented on this page?

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