Intended Audience

The intended target group for a message

• characters

• audience

• genre

• mood

the intended readers of specific types of texts

• transitions

• explanatory

• audience

• characters

A new LCS policy is coming out next year about needing school uniforms. Imagine you're writing a persuasive letter about why students shouldn't have to wear them. Who should be your intended audience?

• The school board

• Parents

• Other students

• The President

It's important to know the audience because... (select all that apply)

• the writer should match the argument to the audience

• the writer should match the formality of their writing to the audience

• the writer should make sure they are always entertaining their audience

• the writer should match the purpose of their writing to the audience

What is the definition of Intended Audience?

• to reduce large sections of text to their essential points and main idea. Note: It is still important to attribute summarized ideas to the original source.

• the reason an author writes about a particular topic (e.g., to persuade, to entertain, to inform, to explain, to analyze, etc.); the reason an author includes particular details, features, or devices in a work

• the intended target group for a message, regardless of the way the message is delivered (text, print, video, online)

• paraphrased or directly quoted detail(s) from a text that supports a reader’s claim, thought, inference, or analysis about the text

What does intended audience mean?

• the targeted or specific reason (persuade, inform, or entertain)

• the targeted or specific the people you are writing for (adults, peers, work, fun, ect)

• people of your similar age

• writing style

What does the term "audience" refer to in writing?

• The specific location where the writing will be published

• The specific people that the author is writing for

• The general public who might come across the writing

• The author's friends and family

What is the definition of audience?

• the readers that the text is intended for

• a group of people listening at a concert

• anyone who is reading the text

• the reason the text is written

What is the audience/purpose of this text: A book of over 1,000 knock-knock jokes.

• parents / inform

• college students / entertain

• doctors / persuade

• kids / entertain

What is the audience / purpose of this text: An article comparing and contrasting American and Swedish health care systems.

• students / entertain

• doctors / inform

• babies / persuade

• teachers / inform