Jerrica has A Way with Words
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Plain Language (Introduction) - February 2025
This introduction was part of the final assessment in the Plain Language Tune-Up course. The task was simply to introduce a writing course and explain the reasoning and impact of it being added to the curriculum. It came at a time when it was up in the air as to whether our college program by the same name would be removed from offering, so it holds a little activism toward that as well.
Plain Language (Introduction) - January 2025
This assignment was given with a simple prompt and not a lot of direction. The goal was to write a well organized, clear and concise introduction to a document about workplace language use without the document itself as a guideline. It’s more about the style of writing than the actual content; though I think I did a good job covering the bases of what would be in the document.
Plain Language (Rewrite) - January 2025
This was more an editing assignment than a writing one because its goal was to transform unclear writing into plain language. The purpose of this is to make sure as many people as possible can understand what’s written. This practice is most useful when it comes to passing on jargon-filled information to the public. While we lose some specifics, we don't lose meaning.
Summary - April 2024
The goal of this piece was to summarize the main points of a video without losing too much of the nuance of the message. The video in question is a TedTalk by Dan Pink.
Press release - March 2024
This assignment provided us with a crisis and a template to create a press release with both inward and outward facing information. Its goal was to exercise fact hierarchy and clear, plain communication.
