Purpose and Audience

Purpose and Audience.
Part I: Scenario
You just won tickets to that thing you love as a prize in a contest sponsored by Cool Ranch Doritos that you forgot you entered three months ago! Bummer, though, you have both class and work on the day of the thing. Now you have to write a bunch of emails, because there s no way you re going to miss the thing, if at all possible.
In one document, in either Microsoft Word or Google Docs, write an email to each of the following people:

Your boss: You must get out of work!
Your teacher: You are so not going to class, but your teacher is a total freak about attendance and pop quizzes and junk!
Your best friend: You wouldn t dream of going to the thing without your best friend, but oh, no! your friend is in class with you on that day. What do you say to them? Will they write the instructor, ditch, or just not go to the thing? Email your friend with a plan!

When you write your emails, imagine your boss, one of your teachers, and your best friend. Try to imagine what you would say to each person in your email. Make your tone realistic for each situation.
Part II: Comparison
Once you have written the emails, use the Comments feature in your Word or Google doc to compare the style you used in each, and address the following:

Highlight and comment on the general differences do you see
Highlight and identify words and/or sentences that characterize the different styles
Comment on which email do you think would be the most effective, and why

Submit your highlighted and commented emails in a single Word document. (If you used Google docs, select Download > Word Document from the File menu to download your work as a .docx file, and then submit that.)

Purpose and Audience