UWP 104A: Business Writing Final Exam C ONTEXT Throughout the quarter, we have examined different discourse communities and the rhetorical situation,...
UWP 104A: Business Writing
Final Exam
| Context |
Throughout the quarter, we have examined different discourse communities and the rhetorical situation, and their relationship to business writing. In doing so, you have moved as a writer from outside a business to inside an organization and have written several different genres with specific purposes and varied audiences. For the Final Exam you will have a chance to apply what you have learned about business writing and the rhetorical situation.
| Assignment Overview |
For the Final Exam you will be retooling your cover letter to respond to a specific job offering. In addition to this, you will write a brief, but informative rationale detailing your reasoning for the changes you made in your cover letter in response to this specific job.
| revised coverletter and rationale |
COVER LETTER
The purpose of this assignment is to highlight your skills as a writer as well as your understanding of the rhetorical situation and how it applies in this context. It is important draw from the instruction and the readings you have done this quarter when revising your CL. A well-written Final Exam will take in to consideration many of the topics we have discussed and apply those to a thoughtful and meaningful revision. Simply submitting your previous version of your CL with limited changes does not qualify as a full revision. Your exigence is important – you want to get the job not just complete an assignment.
Things To Consider (but not limited to):
Organizational Values
Audience
Positioning
Meta-discourse
Discourse Community
RATIONALE
Your rationale will detail the changes you made to your cover letter in response to this specific job offering. You should make clear and thoughtful connections between the changes and how these changes were informed by what you have learned in this course.
JOB OFFERING LINK
https://www.gene.com/careers/detail/00451819/Vacaville-Intern-Pharma-Technical-Operations-Real-Estate-Management
*Note: a PDF version of this ad is available on Canvas under Final Exam.
| Submission Requirements |
Submit no later than March 22 by 3 p.m. to Canvas
In a single Word document, submit the following to Canvas Assignments:
Revised Cover Letter ( minimum of 500 words)
Rationale (at least 300 words)
