Writing for the Design Profession

Personal Facts Sheet

Chelsea Akers Fall 2009
Commonly mispelled words:
Affect VS. Effect
Affect - “to influence”
Effect - Effect has a lot of meanings
as a noun, but it also means “a
result”.
How to properly cite sources:
What is a bottom line paragraph?
A bottom line paragraph is all of the
information in your essay condensed.
The reader should be able to stop
reading if desired after reading your
bottom line paragraph.
MLA (Website)
Author (Last, First). “Title of Article”. Title of
Website (underlined). Date of
Publication. Publisher. Date recieved.
< Website >

Accept VS. Except APA (Website)

Accept - To take, or to recieve. Author (Last, First Initial). Date of publication.
Except - (Verb) To exclude. Title of Article. Retreived (date) from
“I would accept you (website)
critisism, except you don’t
know what your talking To create an annotated bibliography :
about.” One would use the APA style of citation,
however, there would be a 2-3 sentence
Than VS. Then paragraph after the citation explaining what
the article was about.
Than - is used to compare.
“Ann is prettier than Sue.”
Then - can signify a point in time.
“I’ll meet you then.” How to connect with an audience:
Can be used when using a 1. Determine how and why this is applicable to
sequence of events. your audience.
“Put the eggs in first, then 2. use 1st, 2nd and 3rd person when
the milk.” appropriate.
3. Don’t forget about people
“Than I told him I would be 4. Determine your audience. (Is it a friend,
more than happy to help.” teacher, or employer) This will help you
determine if it is formal, unformal, or
mid-formal.

“Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader. Not the fact that it is
raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.”
- E. l. Doctorow