{"id":6510,"date":"2019-12-15T17:08:29","date_gmt":"2019-12-15T22:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transfer.writingcommons.org\/?post_type=section&#038;p=6510"},"modified":"2023-04-25T21:00:35","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T20:00:35","slug":"local-perspective","status":"publish","type":"section","link":"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/organization\/organizational-patterns-structures\/local-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tts_content_wrapper_2\" >\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_69_1 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span 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class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/organization\/organizational-patterns-structures\/local-perspective\/#Synonymous_Terms\" title=\"Synonymous Terms\">Synonymous Terms<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/organization\/organizational-patterns-structures\/local-perspective\/#FAQs\" title=\"FAQs\">FAQs<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/organization\/organizational-patterns-structures\/local-perspective\/#What_is_a_Local_Perspective\" title=\"What is a Local Perspective?\">What is a Local Perspective?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/organization\/organizational-patterns-structures\/local-perspective\/#When_should_writers_analyze_documents_at_the_local_level\" title=\"When should writers analyze documents at the local level?\">When should writers analyze documents at the local level?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/organization\/organizational-patterns-structures\/local-perspective\/#Why_Does_the_Local_Perspective_Matter\" title=\"Why Does the Local Perspective Matter?\">Why Does the Local Perspective Matter?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Synonymous_Terms\"><\/span>Synonymous Terms<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The<em> local perspective<\/em> may also be known as<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>local level or local concerns<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>syntactical level<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>grammatical level<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>linguistic level<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>micro-structural perspective.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"FAQs\"><\/span>FAQs<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_a_Local_Perspective\"><\/span>What is a Local Perspective?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A<em> local perspective<\/em> refers to the practice of critically rereading a text sentence-by-sentence, word-by-word, in order to identify and eliminate errors and usage and style problems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When editing at the local level, writers may make edits to the style of the text to improve its <a href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/style-in-writing\/elements-of-style\/clarity\/\">clarity<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/style\/elements-of-style\/brevity\/\">brevity<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/style\/elements-of-style\/flow\/\">flow,<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/grammar\/parts-of-speech\/pronouns\/inclusive-pronouns\/\">use of inclusive language<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/design\/page-design\/\">,<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/style-in-writing\/elements-of-style\/simplicity\/\">simplicity<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"When_should_writers_analyze_documents_at_the_local_level\"><\/span>When should writers analyze documents at the local level?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In contemporary writing studies pedagogy, writers are encouraged to <a href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/collaboration\/critique\/\">critique<\/a> works from a local perspective only after the works have been critiqued from <a href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/organization\/organizational-patterns-structures\/global-perspective\/\">a global perspective<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Does_the_Local_Perspective_Matter\"><\/span>Why Does the Local Perspective Matter?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>By addressing errors and inconsistencies at the <a href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/style-in-writing\/diction\/\">word<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/grammar\/mechanics\/punctuation\/essential-and-non-essential-phrases\/\">phrase<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/grammar\/sentences\/sentence-parts\/clauses-phrases\/\">clause<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/grammar\/sentences\/\">sentence level<\/a>, writers can ensure that their messages are effectively conveyed to <a href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/rhetoric\/rhetorical-situation\/audience\/\">readers<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/grammar\/sentences\/sentence-errors\/\">Poorly constructed sentences<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/grammar\/\">grammatical errors<\/a> can detract from the quality and <a href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/information-literacy\/authority\/\">authority<\/a> of a <a href=\"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/section\/rhetoric\/rhetorical-situation\/text-composition\/\">text<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":10487,"menu_order":0,"template":"","tags":[],"chapters":[1885,1875],"class_list":["post-6510","section","type-section","status-publish","hentry","chapters-local-perspective","chapters-organization"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/section\/6510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/section"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/section"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/section\/6510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54744,"href":"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/section\/6510\/revisions\/54744"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/section\/10487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6510"},{"taxonomy":"chapters","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writingcommons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapters?post=6510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}