PurComm (Finals)
PurComm (Finals)
PurComm (Finals)
Mastering the basic structure in essay writing is the The Essay in a Three-Poled Frame
foundation for effectively communicating through According to Aldous Huxley, an essay may be
written materials. Whoever the audience and anchored on a three-poled frame of reference.
whatever the purpose, writing an essay to inform or
persuade entails the following steps: Personal (autobiographical)
1. Decide on the topic When a writer utilizes autobiography to be able to
2. Prepare an outline or diagram of your ideas describe what he wants to convey.
3. Formulate a thesis statement
4. Write the introduction Concrete-Particular (objective factual)
5. Write the body When a writer anchors his judgments and
6. Decide on the main points perceptions on relevant and factual data.
7. Write the supporting ideas
8. Elaborate on the supporting ideas Abstract-Universal
9. Write the conclusion When a writer relies on better abstractions than on
10. Add information, when needed, upon editing personal experiences or facts.
and proofreading.
Three Major Reasons Why Essays are Written
Methods of Paragraph Development ↳ To Inform
↳ To Explain
Definition ↳ To Persuade
Explains the meaning of a concept or an idea by
showing the details, giving examples, describing, Opinion Essay
analyzing using symbols, antonyms and the like; The opinion essay presents an argument for the
explains technical terms and jargon to prepare the following reasons:
intended reader for the topic to be discussed. - To convince others that one’s stand on an
issue is reasonable;
Classification - To influence others in their way of thinking;
Breaks down information into parts in order to and
simplify a concept or to explain a series of things by - To persuade others to change their views and
discussing their individual parts. take the desired action.
Stage Presence minutes and forty (40) seconds, the concise and
Naturalness, composure and confidence before the speedy delivery of the speaker’s presentation.
listeners.
Both infographics and PowerPoint presentations are
Rapport with the Audience multimodal in the sense that communication relies
Attentiveness to reactions or shifts in listening on the textual, aural, linguistic, spatial, and visual
patterns; openness to questions raised. resources as modes to compose and relay
messages.
Silence
Room for pauses and silence ↳ The old definition of information graphics
(infographics) referred to the use of graphics in
Ten Commandments of Oral Communication newspapers and magazines. Its 21st century
1. Believe in what you say definition extends it to a combination of data
2. Believe in the people to whom you speak visualizations, illustrations, texts and images in a
3Live what you say format that tells a complete story (Krum, 2014). The
4. Know when you say it ‘message’ as presented in infographics may be
5. Know why you say it delivered in a few seconds or minutes.
6. Know how to say it
7. Have fun saying it Five Media Formats of Infographics
8. Show it as you say it
9. Say it so people can own it Static
10. Say it so people will do it The most common, simplest and easiest to format
with the final design saved on an image file for easy
Communication in the 21st Century distribution online and to print on paper.
Communication has ceased to be plainly linear or
strictly verbal or written with the advancement in Zooming
technology of the 21st century. Normally used for larger designs that convey a large
amount of information: with an added interactive
Information can be relayed through simple but layer for zooming controls for the readers to use.
appealing and eye-catching infographics and data
visualizations. In visual representations of Animated
information that consist of charts, maps, icons, Creates some motion or change to the design as the
progress bars, signs, posters, diagrams and online reader watches, e.g., bars in a bar chart growing a
visuals, ideas are transmitted fast and clear. color change, or an animated character; completely
contained in an image file and thus, can be posted
Powerpoint Presentation on other sites or blogs; makes the design stand out
Serves as a visual representation of an otherwise as it is moving.
scripted delivery of a topic.
Video
Popularly referred to as a software package Provide ease of sharing with the ability to be shared
designed to create electronic presentations anywhere. Unlike static infographics, videos also
consisting of a series of separate pages or slides, it have the capacity to engage the audience more
conveniently and effectively realizes a presenter’s efficiently.
comprehensive discussion of a topic
Interactive
Pecha-Kucha Designs give readers some control over the date or
Japanese for chit-chat. A presentation style, with its visualization displayed for a much longer period of
maximum use of twenty (20) slides shown for twenty time than the static infographics.
(20) seconds each, ensures in a matter of six (6)
Purposive Communication Year 01
Finals Reviewer Term 02
Team Building
↳ Formal and informal gatherings help build a strong
team.
↳ Team roles surface where task roles, relationship
roles, and self-centered roles have to be periodically
monitored, assessed, and evaluated for a check and
functional roles.
↳ Task roles – help the team carry out tasks
and get the work done.
Human connection is indispensable whether in the
↳ Relationship roles – strengthen or maintain
confines of home, school, or the workplace.
team relationships.
↳ In Abraham’s Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, social
↳ Self-centered roles – interfere with the
belonging is crucial to self-actualization
team’s ability to complete tasks.
↳ In 21st Century, personal success is equated with
career growth and advancement which is reliant on
one’s level of social belonging. Technical Writing in the Workplace
↳ In professional context, harmonious relations can
be consequential and crucial to both individual and Technical Writing
It is a form of written communication used mainly as
collective productivity and efficiency in the
correspondence and in the production of written
workplace.
outputs valuable to an organization. As an act of
↳ The process of exchanging information, either
writing in the workplace, it pertains to written
verbally or nonverbally, is important in any social
communication present in all kinds of organization,
environment.
jobs, and professions.
↳ Communication in any organizational structure, is
the force that maintains its operations from the top
up to the middle and bottom level.
Purposive Communication Year 01
Finals Reviewer Term 02
Formal Presentable
Some writing standards underlie the structure, Without any grammatical or typographical errors. A
pattern, format, and language of this kind of writing. technical writer must ensure that his or her output
Readers judge the value or credibility of your output always undergoes proofreading.
based on how you conform to the conventions.
Workplace Communication
Graphical ↳ Globalization inevitably gives rise to professional
Graphs like tables, charts, figures, diagrams, maps, communication which entails technical
pictures, and other illustrations support written communication
information provided. Visual representations help in ↳ Professional communication encompasses written,
expressing specialized meanings, or ideas known oral, visual, and digital communication that may be
only to a specific set of people. used in part or in full in creating, delivering,
consuming, and managing information and data for
Objective business purposes.
Being straightforward and direct, forms of technical ↳ Is technical in a work environment where
writing should avoid including inner thoughts, management and employees focus on
sentiments, or feelings. manufacturing and marketing products and services
for target clients and customers.
Practical ↳ Specialized language or technical jargon is used
It functions according to purpose relative to the field it is intended for.
↳ Effective workplace communication brings about
Procedural customers or clients and brings in profits for the
Provide set of instructions and sequenced company
information such as user manuals and laboratory ↳ Stakeholders, management, and the employees
reports. get fair share from the benefits of customer
satisfaction and continued patronage
Specialized
Technical writing usually functions within a specific
demographic. Language used is specialized (i.e.,
technical terms, expressions) and easily understood
by a specific set of readers.
Diverse
Prone to extensive exposure to multicultural clients,
and co-workers. Cross-cultural or multilingual