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COMM2495 - Week 8 - S2 2023
COMM2495 - Week 8 - S2 2023
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COMM2495
Professional Writing
Week 8
Advertorial (pt 3): Tone in writing
Company introduction, Recaps & How-tos
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Part 1
Advertorials (pt 3): Tone in writing
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2. Dear X, we'd like to offer our sincere apologies to you regarding the
experience you had with us. If you need further help, please inform us and
we'll respond to you as soon as we can. Best.
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TONE IN WRITING
Tones refer to the choices you made in
your writing to evoke certain feelings in
readers.
(Parade)
Your tone is reflected through:
Vocabulary Grammar
Sentence structure Punctuation & spelling
Figures of speech Use of personal pronouns
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Activity
(1) Who read these publications?
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(2) What's the difference between these 3 tones? (Vocab/ Sentence structure/
grammar, punctuation)
2 Why reading books is good for society, well-being and your career
Our research shows reading is as strongly associated with curiosity as
interest in science, and more strongly than mathematical ability.
3 Woman Who Travel Book Club: 15 books to add to your reading list
this spring
Recap
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Part 2
Company introduction/ About Us
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Activity
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Our purpose is to help people get the most out of life, by the most out of life, by making
healthcare accessible and by promoting financial inclusion.
3 HAVE A GUESS - WHERE DOES PRUDENTIAL COME FROM?
Big Ben, Premier League & Buckingham Palace - Yes, the UK is the birthplace of Prudential.
In 1848, a group of gentlemen met in London to form the Prudential Mutual Assurance,
Investment and Loan Association. The Prudence was used for representing our core
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Part 3
How-tos
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HOW-TOS
Related types:
• Strings advertorial
• Infographics
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https://www.northbridgeinsurance.ca/blog/5-steps-insurance-claims-process/
https://business.instagram.com/shopping
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Activity
Duolingo is running a campaign to promote language
learning towards Vietnamese Gen Z who recently started working
(aged 22 - 25).
3 Free lessons! A full-proof strategy to convince your boss to pay for your
language classes
4 How to slay the Duolingo owl in 6 steps
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Part 4
Recaps
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A RECAP
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/23/tech/tiktok-ceo-hearing/index.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/21/googles-80-acre-san-jose-mega-campus-on-hold-amid-
economic-slowdown-.html
https://www.ibm.com/blog/partner-plus-takeaways/
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Proximity Timeliness
Conflict Impact
Human
Prominence
interest
Headline writing
Lead writing 28
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Activity
(1) What would you include in the recap (text + multimedia)?
(2) Write the headline & lead paragraph for your recap
Client Duolingo
Launch Duolingo Max now uses GPT-4 to help with
language learning (14/3/2023)
Part 5
Assignment 2
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