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English 3307

Total length: 800-1050 words total—1 memo and 1 letter

Summary is the most common and important writing mode across almost all types of professional writing. Summaries are highly information-rich and serve the purpose of making information-based transactions efficient and manageable. The strength of a summary rests in its ability to concisely convey the essential information of a longer document in an objective, and therefore immediately functional way.

Assignment:

*The overall conceit for the assignment is that you are working as an assistant conference organizer within your major field, compiling an official document detailing the presentations of participants at a large professional conference. Your job is to create an abstract entry for one of the presentations, and then draft a letter to the author suggesting changes or providing feedback.

1) Create a summary abstract for the article, included in an internal memo to the primary conference organizer (i.e your boss) containing what you propose should be used as final “copy” in the conference brochure, around 550 words. Use the summary principles, and aim toward making the essential contents of the article clear to someone who has not read it in full.

2) Then, draft a professional letter of 350 words to the author of the article. In the letter, provide positive feedback to the author about his/her article, and then provide suggestions for the presentation itself. Tell the author what elements of the article attendees at your conference might be most interested in, and suggest any topics/elements of the article you think might be most conducive to discussion topics. Be professional and courteous, but also as clear and precise in your suggestions as possible.