Audience and Purpose.

When writing any type of work there is some sort of drive behind the writers means of doing so, whether it be for a school project or an office memo most writing is trying to get a point across. Now when achieving these goals of exchanging ideas we look for the reasoning this idea needs to be shared and to whom you would like to share these thoughts expressions. This is the audience and the purpose for writing for whatever subject you wish to share through writing. Comedians write jokes and take them to the stage to get make a crowd laugh at what could be a normalized thing but they showcase it to the crowd in a way they have never thought about before. The purpose is mainly to get others to think about the subject that you have a purpose for writing and have others being engaged in these conversations and that is how we grow in a society, by sharing and understanding. 

Now when figuring whether the purpose is worthy you have to evaluate all the essential points that you may want to get across and see if they could work. Finding a sturdy way of organization would be very useful as well in building up the points leading to a final more severe argument that expresses a new way of thinking. Understanding the topic very well and having the strongest arguments last can really make your point stand out. Using strong language to accentuate your stance on a specific topic leads to having strong arguments in research and or personal experience. The strength of the language is important but we don’t want it to be too overpowering and seem to be biased toward the subjects. We want to show compassion for both sides of the argument yet be more leaning toward the side your defending and then end strong.  In understanding the other side of the argument you could focus on the overall picture of the argument and know where the opposite thoughts are working from allowing a betterment of your purpose for writing. The showing of an unbiased approach keeps the reader engaged in not reading total lies and deceit but an honest writer trying to share thoughts and ideas. 

The audience that you want to share an idea with is key to the purpose of your writing, understanding the audience means you have a broader idea of what language, tone, expressions, and topics to use to your advantage. The first thing is to identify your audience, who do you think you would like to share these ideas with and how will they react. Avoid assumptions of your audience, understanding the audience and assuming are very different and can lead in the audience tuning out of the conversation. This could have someone thinking “well you already know everything about me, there is no point in engaging.” The influence of the audience is very important and keeping them engaged to understanding your point is done through non assuming strong language. Understanding the more and least effective ways when engaging an audience can significantly help your point come across as unbiased and heavily researched. Allowing yourself to be the audience can shed light on perspectives that you have in the writing, ask  yourself how you would feel “in their shoes” so to speak when reading this blog or article. Would you be an ideal reader for this topic or is it too opinionated and not enough facts? And or does that make you an ideal conversationalist for the topic? I would keep things civil when bringing the writing to a post or publication and knowing your audience and using language to only support your findings not diminish them is the key to a successful post, blog letter, memo, or presentation. 

The purpose of writing coincide with the audience in which they both play a roll when engaging in a conversation. Sharing ideas and expressions is how the human race has evolved over time. These days the offended are increasing through expressions and language being used, which is why it is important to understand your audience and understand your purpose. The use of writing is to share and help one another understand concepts that we may never have understood. “Sharing is caring” is a phrase that comes to mind and if your purpose of writing is to hurt or bring displacement of ideas through your purpose your audience will be far less engaged with negative aspects than positive ones.

Sources: Miller, J. S. (2016). The real world reader: a rhetorical reader for writers. New York: Oxford University Press.

Purdue Writing Lab. (n.d.). Elements of Rhetorical Situations // Purdue Writing Lab. Retrieved from https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/academic_writing/rhetorical_situation/elements_of_rhetorical_situations.html