ENG201 Chapter-wise Notes

Eng201 Quiz+midterm preparation Composed By M.Amir

Lecture-wise Concept

1. Types of communication >> 5
2. people interact with the message to >> create meaning

-: Lecture 2 :-

1. Oral presentations can be >> formal or informal
2. Types of oral presentation >> 2 ( •Informative Speaking • Persuasive Speaking)
3. Types of informative speaking >> 4 (Individual or Group Report, Oral Briefing, Panel Discussion, Oral Critique)
4. Methods of making oral presentation >> 4
5. Extempore 2. Impromptu 3. Memorization 4. Reading
6. Extempore >> planned and specific topic related presentation
7. Impromptu >> without planned and tells the audience that they are indifferent to them
8. Memorization >> presented on the bases of memory without any planning
9. how you say it is as important as >> what you say
10. ____ size slides are generally used in presentation >> 35mm
11. OHPs stands for >> Overhead Projection Transparencies
12. limit _____ words per slide >> 10 maximum
13. size of text >> 18pt Times Roman on OHPs

-: Lecture 3 :-

1. planning means >> decide what to say and how to organize your material
2. persuasive argument means >> to convince your readers about your material
3. elements of persuasive argument >> claim and evidence
4. organize a substantial part of their resume around their accomplishments and abilities >> Functional Resume
5. provide the desired prominence by placing the name and professional objectives at the top >> Conventional Resume
6. transform your plans, notes, outlines, and ideas into a communication >> drafting
7. Revision literally means >> "see again,"
8. Writing is a process of >> discovery

-: Lecture 4 :-

1. ‘Target audience’ is >> a specified audience or demographic group for whom a message is designed
2. Types of experts >> 2 (• General Experts • Specific Experts)
3. General Experts >> possess extensive knowledge about a field in general
4. managers read for the >> bottom line, a concise summary of the present situation and specific recommendations for action

Lecture 5 :-

1. how many purposes of document >> 4 (• to provide information • to give instructions • to persuade the reader • to enact (or prohibit) something )
2. Explicit purpose means >> the purpose which is clearly stated
3. Scientific documents have >> explicit purpose
4. Types of document related to information >> 2 (• Literature Reviews • Specifications)
5. Types of document related to instructions >> Proposals
6. Types of document meant to persuade the Reader >> 4 (• Proposals •

Recommendation Reports • Job application Letters • Résumés)

7. Types of document meant to’ Enact’ something >> 4 (• Acceptance Letters

• Regulations • Patents • Authorization Memoranda)

8. Implicit purpose means >> the purpose which is not clearly stated in the document
9. Scientific and technical writing is based on >> precision
10. technical communication is often more effective when >> it is written down
11. When people read they respond in >> two ways simultaneously. They think and they feel

-: Lecture 6 :-

1. Types of readers >> 3 (• Phantom Readers • Future Readers • Complex Readers)
2. Phantom readers are >> real but unnamed readers who use communication addressed to others
3. Future readers >> read after communication has been completed like after 3 weeks or years etc.
4. Complex readers are >> the readers consisting of diverse groups each with a different agenda, each with a different way of functioning and communicating

Lecture 7 :-

1. Characteristics of communication >> 5 (• accurate • clear • concise •coherent • appropriate)
2. Accuracy >> which is the careful conforming to truth or fact,
3. Aspects of accuracy >> 3 (• Document Accuracy • Stylistic Accuracy • Technical Accuracy )
4. Document Accuracy refers to >> the proper coverage of your topics in appropriate detail