Analyzing Reader Dialogues

Determining the report’s purpose, the reader’s main question, and your main message is just the beginning of the dialogue process with your reader. However, it is a very important beginning because this initial planning lays the foundation for the rest of the dialogue and for the report.

Up to this point in the module, you have been analyzing and developing the required elements of the Dialogue with the Reader:

• the writer’s purpose
• the reader’s main question
• the writer’s main message

The dialogue provides the organizing framework needed to continue with the planning of your report. You have already begun to put these elements together for your report.