Week 3 Writing Notebook
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Audience Analysis Activity
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Each week you will have an opportunity to practice different aspects of the writing process in a writing notebook. It consists of a template you will fill out and submit in Canvas. In addition to introducing and practicing targeted components of the writing process, these notebooks are meant to help you to determine your own strengths and to identify opportunities for growth.
This week, the writing notebook focuses on how to set expectations and analyze your audience to communicate most effectively to them.
STEP ONE: Considering Your Audience
Explore the information on the Considering Audience webpage and consider how your writing might change depending on the audience.
1. Which audience would be most difficult for you to write for? How would you describe the audience you are most likely to write for academically? Professionally?
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STEP TWO: Changing Audiences
Explore the information on the Audience Analysis downloadable worksheet and consider your Week 2 written assignment.
1. Who was your audience?
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2. How did you want your audience to react?
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STEP THREE: Audience Analysis in Practice
Let’s combine the work you have done so far to create a game plan for audience analysis.
Activity 1: Consider the step-by-step process for audience analysis that is explained on the Audience Analysis worksheet.
1. Describe a situation in written communication where you may be called upon to deliver information. This may be a situation you have encountered, or one you expect to encounter professionally.
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2. Explain how you would communicate this information to different audiences.
Note: You don’t have to write any communication in full, but please use detail to show how your communication would vary depending on the audience.
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STEP FOUR: Review and Reflect
Review your work in this Writing Notebook. What challenges did you face? Which aspects of audience analysis were new to you, or which aspects might you have already been familiar with? In no more than 150 words, please reflect on your work in this activity.
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ENG121 Week 3 Writing Notebook