Design a clear set of instructions to help your audience perform a specific task/process which requires them to use the tool that you described in Assignment which is a Survival Knife 1. AUDIENCE-USABILITY *What are your readers’ expectations?. *What are your readers’ abilities? *Do you need to crate more than one set of instructions for different audiences? *What languages should you use? *Will the readers be anxious about the information? *Will the environment in which the instructions are read affect the document design? *Simple and clear. How-to or Gerund title forms: see p. 564 in our textbook. TITLE I 5 POINTS GENERAL INTRODUCTION (200-250 WORDS) I 15 POINTS See p. 566 in our textbook: *Who should carry out this task? *Why should the reader carry out this task? *When should the reader carry out this task? *What safety measures or other concerns should the reader understand? *What items will the reader need? *How long will the task take? STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS (350- 500 WORDS) 35 POINTS See p. 567 in our textbook: *Number the instructions *Present the right amount of information in each step *Use the imperative mood *Do not confuse steps and feedback statements *Include visuals/graphics *Do not omit articles (a, an, the) to save space CONCLUSION (200-250 WORDS) I 15 POINTS Conclude by stating that the reader has now completed the task or by describing what the reader should do next. . CLEAR, EFFECTIVE, AND ATTRACTIVE DOCUMENT AND PAGE DESIGN I 20 POINTS See p. 561 in our textbook: *Create an open, airy design *Clearly relate the visuals, graphics, and any other multimedia to the text. APA STYLE AND CORRECT CITATIONS I 10 POINTS https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/ apa_style_introduction.html SAMPLES You can find different examples for effective instructions in our textbook: see section titled “A Look at Several Sample Sets of Instructions” on p. 568.
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