ABSTRACT
As was clear from examples A and B, writing involves more than just producing sentences. To be able to write a piece of prose, we must be able to write a connected series of sentences which are grammatically and logically linked. It is also necessary to be able to write appropriately for the kind of purpose and audience we have in mind, and it is in institutional writing that the guide-lines for appropriateness are most easily discovered, demonstrated and applied. We must also write in order to communicate something to our intended audience, and since this audience is not physically present, what we write must be as clear, precise and unambiguous as possible. In short, we must produce a piece of discourse which embodies correctness of form, appropriateness of style and unity of theme and topic. The implications of these requirements will be developed in the suggestions on writing in Part Two, beginning with a consideration of ways of prompting—or cueing—the student writer.
