Defining Audience Awareness

Introduction

A Definition of Audience

Types of Audiences

Developing Audience Awareness

Audience Awareness and Purpose

Editing and Audience Awareness

Assumptions about Audience

Analyzing an Audience

Writing for an Audience

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Defining Audience Awareness

As a concept, it sounds so simple: Think about who will read your paper before and while you write, and adjust your paper to help your reader understand it.

Compared to the theory of relativity, this concept is a piece of cake.

So why would teachers of writing spend so much time and energy talking about this simple idea? It turns out that writing (or revising) for a particular audience is much harder than thinking about it in the abstract.

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Adapting to Your Audience

Defining Audience Awareness