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Instructions for a person from a culture that does not wear jackets.
The reader
- What is the reader’s goal?
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To be able to put on a jacket correctly before leaving the house.
- What does the reader know about jackets?
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That they’re clothing, that they go on the upper body outside of other clothes.
- What does the reader not know about jackets?
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What your choice of jacket says about you, the mechanical process of putting one on, the terms for the parts of a jacket.
- What of that will they need to know to put one on?
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The mechanical process and the terminology.
- What mental models do you use when you talk about jackets?
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Why to wear them: modesty, fashion, warmth. Putting one on using the model of putting on a shirt.
- Is your reader likely to share those models?
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I’m going to assume that the reader’s culture also wears clothing for modesty, fashion, and warmth. So I can talk about how jackets address those goals. I’m going to assume that their culture does not include shirt-like clothing. (For example, all clothing there is wrapped or draped and they don’t have separate sleeves).
The document
- What is the purpose of this document?
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To be able to put on a jacket.
- What scope limitations might there be on this topic?
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What kind of jacket to put on (I’m going to assume a long-sleeved zip-up jacket with a hood.)
- What is the reader’s starting point?
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The reader is otherwise dressed to go out. They are already holding a jacket that fits them and is in a state to be worn (it’s clean, the zipper is not broken, etc.)
- What is the reader’s end point? When are they "done"?
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The reader is ready to walk out of the door with the jacket on correctly and configured for the current weather (zipped or not, hood up or down).
- Are there other documents you might refer them to?
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The weather forecast, to decide how the jacket should be configured.
- Is there specialized vocabulary you want to use in this document?
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Names for parts of the garment, such as sleeve, cuff, collar, zipper, lining, hood, drawstring.