<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Marvelous </div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="4"><div style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font size="4" face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif"><br></div><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Josie</font></font></span><div><u style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>></u><br><div><div><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" size="6"><font color="#000000" face="times new roman, serif">Josephine Walwema PhD</font><font color="#000000" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif"> </font></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="verdana, sans-serif">Coordinator, Technical and Professional Communication</font></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Program in Writing Across Campus<br></font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:13pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:10pt"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Department of English | A101 Padelford Hall</font><br><font face="Lucida Fax, serif" style="font-weight:bold"></font></span></p></div><div><img src="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/uw-s3-cdn/wp-content/uploads/sites/98/2014/10/07213956/e-sig.gif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9677-9308" target="_blank">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9677-9308</a><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:medium"><br></span></div></div></div><div><span style="font-size:10pt"><br><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#000000" face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span></div><div><span style="font-size:10pt"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#000000" face="georgia, serif"><br></font></span></div><div><font size="1" face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#000000">This is a public, university-owned email account and subject to broad Open</font><font style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#000000"> Records requests through the Freedom of Information Act. Correspondence of a personal nature should be sent to: <a href="mailto:jwalwema@gmail.com" target="_blank">jwalwema@gmail.com</a></font></font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:-webkit-standard;font-size:medium"><br></span></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Sep 7, 2023 at 1:56 PM Dragga, Sam <<a href="mailto:Sam.Dragga@ttu.edu">Sam.Dragga@ttu.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-2167909257346615978">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">For a timely example of a letter reporting a negative decision, consider the letter issued this morning by Georgia District Attorney Fani T. Willis in which she rejects a request by U.S. Representative Jim
Jordan (as chair of the House Judiciary Committee) for information regarding the indictment of 19 individuals (including Donald Trump) for crimes related to the 2020 election in Georgia.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">The letter is available at <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://embed.documentcloud.org/documents/23941366-jim-jordan-letter/__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!kWK9eR-MwMFq-2qFJP59MWpJfTF22Haypf4t-tqUBWJxf_4ZvLzJdnJnnZwlQ5R2KZPJZnARgVSFenB_FgI$" target="_blank">
https://embed.documentcloud.org/documents/23941366-jim-jordan-letter/</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Note that Willis organizes the nine-page letter with headings and subheadings that are complete sentences (e.g., “Your letter improperly interferes with the administration of criminal justice.”), essentially
creating its abstract.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Note also that Willis dismisses the practice usually advised for negative news messages about always trying to be polite: Willis focuses on being clear, direct, and unequivocal. This offers multiple opportunities
for students to discuss the letter’s choices about wording and phrasing as well as the information included. Students might also try composing a “more polite” letter and thereafter analyze which version would likely make the greater contribution to the cause
of justice in Georgia.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Sam<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Sam Dragga<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Professor Emeritus<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Texas Tech University<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:sam.dragga@ttu.edu" target="_blank">sam.dragga@ttu.edu</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">1-806-543-6099<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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