Effective Writing

For your Unit 2 Assignment, consider the PG Writing Center’s definition of effective writing. Then read one of the following:

an informal blog post from the Internet
a short peer-reviewed journal article from the PG library
a business report located on the Internet
NOTE: The blog, peer-reviewed journal article, or report you choose must address an issue (like a problem, an advancement, a new discovery, or a recommendation for a change or solution to an issue) in your field of study that you want to learn something about or that interests you. Please do not choose an article listing qualifications for a job or a career field, an article that simply lists facts, a newspaper article, or an encyclopedia entry, for this assignment.

TASK: Your assignment is to write a double-spaced, two-paragraph review in which you define the qualities of the blog, article, or report that make it effectively written and then explain how you might use this blog, article, or report as a model for your own future writing effectiveness.

Use the following chart to help ensure that you meet the following expectations in the final draft of your Unit 2 Assignment:

Paragraph 1

Define effective writing using information from the PG Writing Center and your own thoughts about what this term means.
Identify the article, blog, or report you read and then apply your definition of effective writing to explain how the article, blog, or report you read is effectively written. Consider how this writer establishes and develops a main point and meets the intended audience’s needs, for example.
Paragraph 2

Explain how you can use this blog post, article, or report as a model for your own future effective writing
Analyze what you will want to do in the future to ensure that your writing, too, is effective.
References

Since you will briefly include ideas from the PG Writing Center’s definition of effective writing in paragraph 1 of your assignment, please signal to your audience when you do so this way: According to the PG Writing Center, effective writing is…
After the 2nd paragraph of your paper, also include a References list with links to the Writing Center information you use, as well as to the article, blog, or report you are writing about.