Course: ENG 120 Technical Composition I

Assignment

Writing Instructions

Write a set of simple instructions for completing a household or workplace technical task. Your instructions should contain:

- a clear and limiting title
- a logical organizational structure with a chronological numbering system
- major and minor steps for completing the task
- identity of intended audience
- a brief description of the object or process
- preliminary information
- safety information
- materials needed to complete the task (as suited for your audience and specific task).

You must select a task or an object that you are extremely familiar with, and you are not to use any outside sources to write your instructions. Aim for a simple task for which instructions can be written in two pages. Do not select a task that you can find instructions on the Internet.

This paper can include graphics to illustrate how to perform the task and should follow basic principles of document design.

Assignment instructions:

- Complete this assignment using a desktop publishing program/word processor (such as Microsoft Word or WordPerfect).
- Write no more than two pages of total original content, single-spaced, for your set of instructions.
- Do not write instructions about how to change your car's tire or oil.
- Do not use reference materials to develop your own instructions.
- You may use graphic illustrations (you can use a secondary source) if you have access to already-created ones or if you have the means to create one; however, illustrations are not required. Illustrations will not count toward the page length.
- Single space within paragraphs and skip a space in between paragraphs.
- Number steps (use the command mode).
- Include only one action per step.
- Bullet the options.

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