Mask Instructions Analysis Report Assignment

Analysis of Two Sets of Instructions Report Writing Assignment

An Analytical Commentary on the Design of Instructions for Making Masks

Length: 1,200 words, or longer

Note: You must use the two pdf documents linked below for this assignment. The online versions for these pdfs have been changed and are no longer relevant for this assignment.

Expected Learning Outcomes:

1. Learning about the salient characteristics of “instructions” genre and its applied uses
2. Understanding how the audiences and context determine author’s choices in defining and modifying these genre characteristics
3. Applying the learnings of the Johnson-Sheehan chapters on “Instructions and Documentation Design” and “Readers”
4. Understanding how the authorial credibility is of utmost importance in the online medical contexts of pandemic levels
5. Recognizing how genres might be interpreted and applied in diverse cultures and how cultural contexts might guide author’s specific choices about instructions design, content inclusion, language, and tone/voice

Plagiarism: summarize any information borrowed from the two instructional documents we’re using for this blog. Only key terms used in the original document are permissible.

• Drawing information from mask-making instructions from CDC (U.S.A.) and India (See the two readings for today’s class), write an analytical commentary that seriously discusses

• the audiences addressed by the authors in each set of instructions,
• the writerly authority asserted by mentioning which organization is behind these instructions, information included in each country’s instructions,
• the structure and design of each instruction set,
• the communication methods employed—illustrations, images, diagrams, tables, graphs, etc.
• and the omission of essential information.

Important Reminders:

• Be sure to introduce each one of the instructions carefully by explaining their context
• be clear which particular set of instructions you’re referencing throughout your analysis

Outline of your Analysis Report:

Divide your total report length for various sections in the following manner:

• Your post should be about 60% analysis on the following spread out evenly:
• Intended audience
• Assumptions
• Language (technical, plain, etc.)
• Scope
• Effectiveness of writing
• Effectiveness of images

• Use the remaining 40% of the space to discuss improvements, or how you would create a better instructional document for each of these two countries’ audiences.
• Employ the learnings from the Instructions and Documentation chapter for developing this 40% section.