Setting the Context for Understanding.

Connatser, Bradford R.

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ERIC Number: EJ489261

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1994

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Setting the Context for Understanding.

Connatser, Bradford R.

Technical Communication: Journal of the Society for Technical Communication, v41 n2 p287-91 May 1994

Argues that technical writers must construct proper contexts for readers' understanding. Discusses reader-oriented syntax, rhetorical confidence, and three kinds of context qualifiers. Offers various examples. (SR)

Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Context Effect, Reader Text Relationship, Technical Writing, Writing Improvement

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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