3. For question #2, explain how your new post successfully addresses the three main objectives of Plain English writing as discussed in class. Provide a detailed breakdown of each objective. (9 Marks)
As mentioned before, the plain English language is mainly focusing on making content that is clear, concise and easy to understand.
However, the three main objectives of plain English writing that we discussed in class are
- “Find what they need
- Understand it
- Use it to fulfill their purpose”
Find what they need, the post was made with a clear heading, bullet point and concise paragraph, this will make it easier for the reader to find key information quickly important details are highlighted or bolded by adding a subheading it ensures that the stands out the post is also in an F Pattern all key information is at the beginning and the ending of the sentence this ensure that the readers don’t have to search extensively to find information they are relevant to their needs.
Understand it – playing language in a nutshell, is a language that is simple and easy to understand. This will ensure that my audience can grasp the information that is being provided without being confused. I made sure to make my sentences very short and direct, avoiding the use of complex structures and words. My blog post also ensures that the instruction and explanation are precise so that my reader will not misinterpret them
Use it to fulfill their purpose, my post provides actionable steps that are clear and easy to understand. These instructions will be able to guide the reader in understanding the information effectively. The post also includes advice that my readers can implement the information in their own situations. In my post I provided information on how my scented candles can help to benefit them and fulfill their purpose.
By meeting all of these objectives, it will help my readers to find what they need and understand it, and know how to do it. My post fulfilled the principle of playing language writing, making my content more user-friendly and actionable, ensuring that the readers can successfully complete the intended task without being frustrated.
a. Describe one specific technique you used to improve readability in your revised version and explain why it is effective. (4 Marks)
One specific technique that I used to help improve the revised version of my blog is to break up long sentences and make them short and clear using the F pattern. This technique will be very effective because it makes my blog content easier to scan and digest.
This effectively increases visual appeal by having a lot of content readers may feel a bit overwhelmed band may engage with the content having shorter paragraphs will create more space on the page which will make the content less intimidating and more inviting another reason why this is effective that it is easier to scan web reader follow the F pattern by having short paragraph will allow then too quickly understand what the content is all about without getting lost in the long sentence of a block of texts.
b. What was the most challenging aspect of applying the F-Pattern and Plain English writing principles? How did you overcome it? (5 Marks)
One challenge that I had was balancing clarity in a very short structure we used the f pattern because I learned that web users don’t read but scan in a pattern that looks like an F mainly focusing on the top and; left side of the page to it was very hard to put very important information in that position so what I did to overcome this was I tried to focus on using simple language out cutting my important message in order to keep the message clear and concise I used short sentence and bullet point this will make it easier for my readers to scan the content without missing any important detail. I was also challenged not using the bi words and rapidly repeating one word over and over, this was a time when I thought that I was taking out too much information or I am thing thinking that I am taking out enough information that was not of key importance to the blog or what I an trying to say/sell to my readers.
