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Introduction

A Definition of Audience

Types of Audiences

Determining your Audience Type

Three Categories of Audience

Academic Audiences

Nonacademic Audiences

Audience Invoked versus Audience Addressed

Teachers as Audience

Developing Audience Awareness

Analyzing an Audience

Writing for an Audience

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Types of Audiences

Audiences come in all shapes and sizes. They may be a group of similar people or combinations of different groups of people. You'll need to determine who they are in order to analyze your audience. This guide divides audience into two categories: academic and nonacademic.

Note: Your audience can be a combination of the two.

• Determining your Audience Type
• Three Categories of Audience
• Academic Audiences
• Nonacademic Audiences
• Audience Invoked versus Audience Addressed
• Teachers as Audience