Module 3 - Writing to fit the audience and purpose

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Activity 4: Competence Builder & Website Visit

Module 3 Competence Builder: Audience Awareness

“Chapter 1 of SF Writer, pg 13, contains an example of a bumper sticker that would only make sense to people who live in the vicinity of Austin, Texas.

Re-read that section of the text (“Write to Explore Ideas”) and think of a visual representation of an idea (a t-shirt, a billboard, etc) that, in your experience, only speaks to a particular audience. What are the benefits of that closed audience and what are the drawbacks?

Post your examples and comments in the LCE1 Community Thread “Module 3 Competence Builder: Audience Awareness”

Website Visit

For a brief discussion of audience and how it shapes the decisions writers make, go to: http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/audience.html

For suggestions on how to analyze a particular audience, see: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/629/01/

For information on rhetorical awareness, go to: http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/teaching/co300man/pop5a.cfm Also, click on “Purpose & Audience in Publications” at the bottom of the page.

Citation: sguy. (2007, February 16). Module 3 - Writing to fit the audience and purpose. Retrieved March 20, 2010, from Western Governors University Web site: http://ocw.wgu.edu/liberal-arts/rhetorical-and-critical-writing-after-11-1-2007/module-3-writing-to-fit-the-audience-and-purpose.