Week 7

Topics

1. Executive summaries

   1. • Peer review

2. Style-Plain Language

• • It's the Law

  • Before and After Comparisons

    • • Information Security Program Handbook (Army)

      • Use Less Water (EPA)

      • Car Safety (National Highway Traffic Safety Admin)

      • Stuck Vehicle (National Park Service)

3. Nine Easy Steps

• 1. Stacked sample sentences

4. Plain Language Checklist

• 1. Voice

• • Passive Engineer (handout)

  • Active v. Passive Voice

5. Writer-Reader Viewpoint