Practice: Define Your Purpose

Writing Effectively at The World Health Organization

Module 1

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Prewriting

Defining Your Purpose

Practice: Define Your Purpose

Portfolio preparation: Define your purpose

Identifying and analysing your readers

Practice: Identify primary and secondary readers

Portfolio preparation: Identify primary and secondary readers

Reader analysis

A reader analysis

Portfolio preparation: Analyse your readers

Composing a main message

Examples of main messages in documents

Practice: Compose a main message

Portfolio preparation: Identify your main message

Some practical considerations for prewriting

Identifying required content

Assignment: Part A

Revising for style and mechanics

Revising for flow and consistency

Practice: Define Your Purpose

Look at these document descriptions and titles. What is the primary purpose of each document? Check our suggested response once you have noted your own idea.