I wrote about the Texas Tech gymnastics club for my formal memo. I pretended I was the president of the Tech gymnastics club. My memo was addressed to Texas Tech incoming freshman.
The purpose of my memo was to try to convince incoming Texas Tech freshman to join the Tech gymnastics club.
I chose Texas Tech freshman as my audience for many reasons. One reason is that our club is always looking for more members. New college students usually want to find a place to belong while in college. I tried to convince the freshman that the Tech gymnastics club provides students a chance to be involved in their University. I also emphasized that the club offers students an opportunity to have fun, meet new people, and get a good workout.
I divided my paper into five different sections. The first four sections were reasons that incoming freshman should join the club. These sections included: friendship, fun, travel and competition, and independence. The last section of the memo included information about how to join the club.
I appealed to my audience through my memo in different ways. I decided to use simple language. I used simple language because I was talking to my peers. I wanted to be very clear and concise. I also emphasized the opportunity to make friends and have fun. This usually appeals to new college students who don’t know very many people. I also emphasized independence. College freshman are very excited about the new-found independence that college brings.
I edited my memo by taking it to the Writing Center. This was somewhat helpful. They gave me a couple ideas about making my ideas more clear. However, it is hard for the people at the Writing Center to really effectively help you. They didn’t know exactly what criteria you were looking for.
I think I improved from the “Resume and Job Letters” assignment to the “Formal Memo” assignment. It was easier to see the writing style that you preferred after getting back the first major assignment. I think I used more simple sentences in my formal memo.
I think this assignment made me think more about audience analysis. I had to accommodate to my audience that I wrote to. I did this by writing simple sentences that are easy to understand. I helped them by writing points that I thought appeal to them. These things helped prove my point to my audience.
I am attaching a file of my formal memo here at the bottom.
