+1 862 207 3288 Dan Fletcher’s “A Brief History of Wikipedia
Paper instructions:
For this assignment, you will read Dan Fletcher’s “A Brief History of Wikipedia”. When you are finished,
respond to the questions. your response to these questions will be your initial posting. These questions
are also listed below:
1 Audience: How would you describe the audience that Fletcher had in mind when he wrote this
article? Do you think the illustration near the beginning of this article will help this particular audience?
Why?
2 Purpose: What purpose(s) would someone have for reading Fletcher’s article? In addition to its
informative purpose, how is Fletcher’s writing also persuasive? How might it alter readers’ perceptions
of Wikipedia?
3 Voice and tone: How does Fletcher establish his authority to write about Wikipedia? To what extent
do you believe what Fletcher has to say? How does his tone contribute to his credibility? Why?
4 Responsibility: One important quality of any successful informative test is clarity, especially when
the author is dealing with a complex subject. How does Fletcher meet his obligation to his readers to
be clear? Where might he have been clearer?
5 Context, format, and genre: Given Fletcher’s topic, it seems natural that his piece appeared in an
online format (on Time.com), with hyperlinks. When you read such an online article, do you ever click on
its hyperlinks? Why?
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