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Drafting Your Projects

The Vital Role of Preparation

🎯 Objectives

This learning module should take you about 10-15 minutes to complete.
In this learning module, you will:
  • Consider viewing research as a learning opportunity.
  • See the importance of seeking truth as you conduct research.

Lesson Overview

The building blocks of all business messages are words, sentences, and paragraphs.

Now that you finished the PLANNING process (Analyze, Strategize, Scrutinize, and Organize), you have the information necessary to craft your emails, documents, and presentations.

Follow the basic rules of paragraph development, style, and tone, to create clear, concise, concrete logical documents.

Consider how Nephi taught his audiences:

"My soul delighteth in plainness unto my people, that they may learn.” (2 Ne. 25:4)We all learn more readily if thoughts are expressed in plainness.

The DRAFT chapter of your text outlines writing principles that, if followed, help you build paragraphs that contain the proper style and tone. Read your chapter and watch these supplemental videos that help you understand how to apply these principles as you draft your emails, documents, and presentations. Some words and phrases you will see in the videos probably feel like second nature to you. However, you may be incorrectly using the language, thereby inadvertently confusing your audience.

READ the following page and textbook chapter

WATCH the following videos on Rhetoric

Reasoning & Rhetoric

  • This video teaches you to use specific language to avoid misunderstandings.

    Ambiguity: That's Not What I Meant -- Reasoning Series | Academy 4 Social Change

  • This video teaches you to be judicious when using absolute language.

    Counterexamples: Rejecting the Universal - Reasoning Series | Academy 4 Social Change

  • Brevitas: Keep It Concise -- Rhetoric Series | Academy 4 Social Change