Ø Definition of Announcement
Announcement
is something said, written, or printed to make known what has happened or (more
often) what will happened.
Ø Writing an announcement, keep the following point:
- The type of event
- Date/time, place
- Contact person
Ø We can find announcement in television, radio, newspaper,
wall magazines in school, etc.
Ø The text organization on announcement:
- Opening
- Content
Ø Characteristic of announcement:
- Use simple present tense
- Use simple future tense
- Use simple past tense
Ø An announcement (ANN) is a Usenet, mailing list on email
message sent to notify subscribers that a software project has made a new
release version. Newsgroup announcement recipients often have a name like “
com.somegroup. announce.” Mailing list announcement recipients often have a
name like “ toolname-announce.” Most software project that make announcements
are open souse.
Ø In an announcement, the subject line commonly contains the
abbreviated prefix ANN : or.
Ø The contents of an announcement usually contain a title line
which contains the tool name, version, release name, and date. Additional
contents often fall into the following message sections.
Ø Some additional, optional fields might include “Highlight”, “Author
(s)”, “License”, “Requirements”, and “Release History”.
The Example of Announcement
The Example of Announcement
