6.1 Purpose, Audience, Tone, and Content
Exercise 3
On your own sheet of paper, generate a list of characteristics under each category for each audience. This list will help you later when you read about tone and content.
- Your classmates
- Demographics ____________________________________________
- Education ____________________________________________
- Prior knowledge ____________________________________________
- Expectations ____________________________________________
- Your instructor
- Demographics ____________________________________________
- Education ____________________________________________
- Prior knowledge ____________________________________________
- Expectations ____________________________________________
- The head of your academic department
- Demographics ____________________________________________
- Education ____________________________________________
- Prior knowledge ____________________________________________
- Expectations ____________________________________________
- Now think about your next writing assignment. Identify the purpose (you may use the same purpose listed in Note 6.12 “Exercise 2”), and then identify the audience. Create a list of characteristics under each category.
- My assignment: ____________________________________________
- My purpose: ____________________________________________
- My audience: ____________________________________________
- Demographics ____________________________________________
- Education ____________________________________________
- Prior knowledge ____________________________________________
- Expectations ____________________________________________
Collaboration
Please share with a classmate and compare your answers.
