Closed Form:
-when your focus is on the subject matter itself and your goal is to communicate
efficiently to maximize clarity. In these cases your aim is to analyze and persuade.
-when you imagine your audience as a busy or harried reader who needs to be able to
read quickly and process ideas rapidly; [when you do not know your audience or your
audience is serious and formal]
-when the conventional genre for your context is closed form writing and you choose to
meet, rather than break, readers’ expectations
-when you encounter any …situation that asks you to assert a thesis in response to a
problem or question