ACTIVITY 2: INSTRUCTIONS

ACTIVITY 2: INSTRUCTIONS
Possessing the ability to write clearly and concisely is essential to getting one’s point across and catching the reader’s attention. One’s writing ability says a great deal to others about who the author is.

1. Please watch this Lynda video on grammar fundamentals:
http://www.lynda.com/Business-Business-Skills-tutorials/Grammar-Fundamentals/158318-2.html?org=stratford.edu

2. Navigate to https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/948/1/

Under General Writing, watch the following:

a) OWL Podcasts: Introduction to Rhetoric

b) OWL Podcasts: Invention and Prewriting

c) OWL Podcasts: Introduction to Pathos

d) OWL Podcasts: Introduction to Ethos

e) OWL Podcasts: Introduction to Logos

What did you learn? Discuss in a 500-word essay. Be sure to use course content and address key points from what you have learned in the course regarding communication. Submit the essay to Moodle.

Requirements:

· Minimum 500 words (excluding title page and reference list); 12 point Times New Roman Font and double-spaced.

· Please be sure to answer the entire question to receive maximum credit for this task.

· Use and include information from the weekly course content and outside sources to support the conclusions contained in the paper.

· Be cognizant of spelling, punctuation, and grammar.

· All sources should be cited in proper APA format (in-text citations and a reference list).

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Communication Activity

I have acquired essential writing skills from activity 2 that I intend to apply in my academic activities. To begin with, the Lynda video on grammar fundamentals provided with in-depth details regarding grammar rules. Often, I have struggled to differentiate active and passive voices in my written assignments.

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