Chapters 4 and 5

Starting with chapter 4, the first thing that caught my attention was audience. This chapter mentioned that there were essentially two different types of audiences. The first audience--the primary audience-- is more geared towards an immediate audience. Those are the people you immediately trying to convince.  An example of that could be a professor teaching students. The next phase was the secondary audience. These people constitute of everybody outside of the immediate audience. In regards to the last example, the secondary audience could be another faculty member coming into the class room to observe the lecture.

Chapter 5 was much different from chapter 4. It seemed to put an extreme emphasis on writing structure. One thing that I got out of this chapter was the importance of overviews.  Overviews are generally used for longer, more complex documents.  It is essentially a preview, so your readers will know what to expect from your document. It simply states: what the purpose of the document is; why the individual should read it; and what knowledge they will gain from reading this document. It is an essential part of a document that should be included in any lengthy document.