Chapter 3 - Questions: Analyzing Thibault’s business memo: Audience. To what degree does Thibault’s e-mail anticipate her reader’s questions about who, what, when, where, why, and how?
Rhetorical appeals. What does Thibault do to develop her ethos? How does she come across?
Chapter 3 - Questions: Analyzing Thibault’s business memo: Rhetorical appeals. What does Thibault do to develop her ethos? How does she come across?
Modes & media. Smartphones and computer programs often offer “voice memos” as an option. Do you think Thibault’s memo would be more or less effective if recorded as a voice memo? Why?
Chapter 3 - Questions: Analyzing Thibault’s business memo: Modes & media. Smartphones and computer programs often offer “voice memos” as an option. Do you think Thibault’s memo would be more or less effective if recorded as a voice memo? Why?
Elements of the genre. How does the subject line, “Video Project: Need your help finding authors to interview,” contextualize the memo and the tasks in it for the reader? What purpose does the first paragraph of the memo serve? Would the memo be more or less effective without the first paragraph? Why?
Chapter 3 - Questions: Analyzing Thibault’s business memo: Elements of the genre. How does the subject line, “Video Project: Need your help finding authors to interview,” contextualize the memo and the tasks in it for the reader? What purpose does the first paragraph of the memo serve? Would the memo be more or less effective without the first paragraph? Why?
Elements of the genre. Notice how specific Thibault is about the information she needs Moore to gather. Does the order in which tasks are presented make sense? Is there another order or organization that you think might make more sense?
Chapter 3 - Questions: Analyzing Thibault’s business memo: Elements of the genre. Notice how specific Thibault is about the information she needs Moore to gather. Does the order in which tasks are presented make sense? Is there another order or organization that you think might make more sense?
Style. How would you characterize the tone of the memo? Which words and phrases contribute to the tone? How does the tone contribute to the development of Thibault’s ethos?
Chapter 3 - Questions: Analyzing Thibault’s business memo: Style. How would you characterize the tone of the memo? Which words and phrases contribute to the tone? How does the tone contribute to the development of Thibault’s ethos?
Design. Thibault uses two different types of lists in the memo: numbered and bulleted. How do the different types of list organize the material?
Chapter 3 - Questions: Analyzing Thibault’s business memo: Design. Thibault uses two different types of lists in the memo: numbered and bulleted. How do the different types of list organize the material?
Sources. This particular memo does not use sources except to note Sophia Snyder as a potential advisor. Snyder is also CCed on the e-mail. Can you think of reasons to CC a source on a memo?
Chapter 3 - Questions: Analyzing Thibault’s business memo: Sources. This particular memo does not use sources except to note Sophia Snyder as a potential advisor. Snyder is also CCed on the e-mail. Can you think of reasons to CC a source on a memo?