Below are some questions you might ask yourself when evaluating the document:
Purpose
What is the purpose for the document?
Did the author define his/ her purpose clearly for the intended audience?
Are the audiences needs satisfied?
Was the best format (business letter, memo, email, etc.) for delivering the message selected?
Is the main idea clearly defined, scope limited, and was a direct or indirect approach is used?
Audience
Who is the intended audience for the document and overall message?
Is the message sensitive to audience needs using a “you” attitude, politeness, positive emphasis, and unbiased language?
Did the author use strong diction that help create effective sentences and coherent paragraphs for reader usability?
Message
Is the content readable, concise, and clear?
Is the layout is clean and professional?
Are there layout, spelling, or mechanical errors?
Again, after identifying these components, write a three paragraph post identifying the purpose, audience, and message using specific evidence from the document you selected.
Instructions
Complete this assignment by doing the following:
An introduction sentence identifying the purpose of the document
Three paragraph response identifying if purpose, audience, and message of the document selected
