#structured communication

Parts of a Structured Message Structured messages contain three parts in the following order: the sender's information about their message inside square brackets [ ], the sender's preferences for their message's reply inside round brackets ( ), and an equals sign = followed by the message content. You must show these pieces of information and preferences in the following order in all structured messages: - [Receiver's Name]: Name of the message's receiver or "all" if everyone is the message's receiver. - [Message Content]: A few words that state the message's content. - (Reply Content): A few words that state the preferred reply content. - (Reply Preference): Indication of the preference for a reply to the message. (+) means a reply is wanted, (x) means a reply is optional, and (-) means no reply is wanted. (Reply Type) is not required if (x) or (-) is used. Structured message example: [Tevvyline confusion] (+ explanation and clarifying question for me) = I don't understand your point. Conversation directors Structured communication list

Greeting examples: "How are you?" and "Nice to meet you." Greeting+Time examples: "How are you today?" and "Good evening." Structured communication list

Conversation directors contain three parts in the following order: the conversation director chosen inside square brackets [ ], the target of the conversation director inside round brackets ( ) that are also inside of the square brackets stated above, and an optional equals sign = followed by a comment about the conversation director. You may use the following conversation directors anytime to change how a conversation is going: - [Greeting (person name)]: The people you are chatting with are requested to greet the person in (person name). - [Topic thoughts (topic name)]: The people you are chatting with are requested to give thoughts about the topic in (topic name). - [New topic (topic name)]: The people you are chatting with are requested to make the conversation about the topic in (topic name). Conversation director example: [Greeting (Tevvyline)] = Please greet them because they are new to the server! Structured messages Structured communication list