The primary elements of technical / professional writing genre used during my internship are that of a City Code book. A City Code book is organized in a manner that is conducive to productivity for those using it. It is a professional item, that uses legalese to convey to all residents those rules that everyone in town must follow. Although the City Clerk and Mayor will be the primary users of this book, it is available for anyone to view, so it must be written in a way that all can understand.
This genre works in my specific professional context at my internship site because it gives the city's residents guidelines that they must follow. These guidelines assist in keeping the community orderly, and in the event that something is amiss, the City Clerk has something tangible to reference for enforcement issues.
Other professional contexts in which this genre might be used would be code books for law enforcement and dress codes for school or work. This genre of technical / professional writing would vary based on codes being enforced, the size of the company or organization writing the code, and the audience that will be using them.
