WRIT6001: Professional Editing
Task 1: Individual Editorial Analysis
Invitation to learn:
Professional texts circulate in the world around us, shaping our lives, choices, work and information available to us. Now that you are studying Professional Editing, you arebecoming more expert in understanding how and why professional texts have been created. This assignment is an opportunity to practice using critical terms to present your emerging expert understanding of editorial processes and professional communication.
Key Information:
Length: 1000 words, not including reference list
In completing this task, you are expected to:
1. Locate and describe one professional text. We understand text broadly it could be a press release, a poster, an ad campaign, an annual report, an About Us page online, a white paper. By professional, we are looking for texts that are owned by a business or professional organisation. The text might have been created or edited by an external partner, but you will need
explain which professional entity owns the document. The text you choose must be RECENT, meaning it was published or updated in the past 24 months.
2. Define at least ONE rhetorical concept from the WRIT6001 readings or lectures, and deploy it in your analysis. Use at least ONE scholarly source about rhetoric to support your definition. Your analysis should focus on 2 specific features of the text and explain how they operate rhetorically.
3. Describe the editorial process that has likely led to the creation of the text. In this description, you should refer to higher order and lower order editorial concerns.
4. Present an overall claim, substantiated by the accumulation of points made throughout the analysis, about whether the editorial process has likely contributed to the persuasiveness of the text.
5. Include accurate in-text citations and a reference list using either APA or MLA style conventions. You must also include a Gen AI acknowledgement, whether or not you have used Gen AI in the completion of this task.Marking Rubric:
Get this or a similar paper done in as fast as 4 hours, 24/7.
NB: We do not sell prewritten papers. All essays are written from scratch according to specific needs and instructions
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.