In the following three activities, you will find various excerpts written by experts in a specific technical area. Their main audience includes a wide range of well-educated people-both technical and non-technical. Although they believe their writing was fine, their supervisors have advised them to make their message understood by both audience types.

The technical audience is well educated and has a good understanding of the technical content in their fields. Although the non-technical audiences are also well-educated, their understanding of the technical terms is limited.

Try to select the most appropriate options so that the experts can communicate to each audience most effectively.

Guide

• Specific details are sometimes necessary and desirable, but balance details and clarity. Excessive details makes your main point buried.