Student Writing Handbook Fifth+Edition

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WritinG-across-tHe-curriculuM Models

Any piece of writing must be tailored to the audience who will read it. Thus, in addi-
tion to the sample process analysis paper below, you will find online five additional
samples, tailored for other audiences, along with their respective analyses.

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Sample for English
Sample for Social Sciences
Sample for Science
Sample for Mathematics
Sample Workplace Writing

All samples deal with some topic of photography. Together, they illustrate different
approaches a process analysis paper can take. Note that while some subjects can be
developed in a single paragraph, others require longer papers. Note also that some
subjects are more technical than others, each appropriate for the intended content-
area audiences.

SAMPLE TECHNICAL WRITING

Although this sample is a single paragraph, it illustrates some fresh points about pro-
cess analysis papers. Watch for the differences between this and the single-paragraph
process analysis samples found online.

How to Use Aperture Settings

Using the aperture settings effectively on an SLR camera requires only three basic steps. The

aperture setting, otherwise called “f-stops,” determines how much light the lens lets into the

camera when the shutter trips. How wide the lens opens determines how much light hits the

film. Too much light overexposes and washes out the photograph while too little light under-

exposes and leaves the photograph dark. So the first step in choosing the aperture setting is

to determine available light. Many cameras have a built-in light meter that, as it registers the

intensity of the light, will give an aperture setting to correspond with a particular shutter speed.

Using that or some similar meter will suggest a reasonable aperture setting. A light meter, how-

ever, can misread the real situation. For instance, a light reading will vary wildly from reflected

light (from snow, water, or fog or heavy bright/dark contrasts on a brilliantly sunny day) and will

gauge light only where the sensory “eye” is aimed. As a result, a careful photographer must

move the light meter or camera lens left and right, up and down to see if the meter fluctuates.