Interview Questions for Zack

1. Antioch University is proud of its diverse culture. Can you explain the importance
of tone/style in your writing when communicating with students and colleagues?
A. Does the tone/style differ a lot or very little between the two? Why?
B. Building close relationships with the two plays a role in how you write to each.
Agree? Disagree?
C. Or is the purpose of the writing the defining factor?
2. 310 has a size of about 15-18 students. If placed in a larger setting say 30? 50?
100+? How would you change your writing when communicating with a larger
number of students?
3. Your use of formatting tools such as italics, bold, and underlining, are peppered
throughout your writing, from genre to genre. The visual literacy is effective,
when is this formatting unnecessary or ineffective?
4. In your email to Guy Smith Latest Plans for 310 it seems you sway from formal
to informal sounds like youre speaking at some points I see parallel structure
in this email was this intended?
A: Does this come to you instinctively or is it part of your thought process?
5. All writing is influenced by audiences expectations. Can you elaborate on this
fact?
6. What genre is Antioch Training written? You take this piece of writing
seriously? Does seriousness reflect tone/style or is it the flexibility of language?
7. Explain your writing process. Does it include collaboration with others?
8. In what ways do you consider Ethos, Pathos, Logos, and Kairos in your writing?
9. Antioch University is a visionary academic community uniquely capable of
bringing to life the brightest ideas and highest ambitions of its students. Is this
Antiochs mission statement? Yes? No? Who is the target audience? Is
10. according to Bitzer, when something happens that requires a response, someone
must create that first response. Then when that situation happens again, another
person uses the first response as a basis for the second. Eventually, everyone who
encounters this situation bases his/her response on previous ones, therefore
creating a genre. Ie: George Washingtons State of the Union Address
A: would you argue genre and purpose are synonyms? (the genre defines the
purpose; the purpose defines the genre) Ie: job description, resumes, syllabus,
email?