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Crafting Your Writing for Specific Audiences: A Mini Lesson Essential Questions 1. How does considering the rhetorical triangle shape what we write? 2. How do we write differently for different audiences? Audience:  A Key Component of the Rhetorical Triangle When a good writer writes, she keeps her audience forefront in her mind as she chooses her topic, her words, and even the details to include.  Consideration of audience is so important that it is only one of three elements in Aristotle's Rhetorical Triangle. In order to write effectively, one must first know who (s)he is potentially writing for, considering their values, core beliefs, level of knowledge on the topic, and so forth, or, in other words, considering the demographics  of their audience.  This mini-lesson will help you (or your students) understand just how important it is to write for specific audiences. Following the instructions below to explore how we naturally code switch , shi...

    AP Language and Composition                     Ms. Bobbi Faulkner                 2015-2016   Course Description: An AP course in Language and Composition engages students in becoming skilled readers of prose written in a variety of rhetorical contexts and becoming skilled writers who compose for a variety of purposes. Both their reading and their writing should make students aware of the interactions among a writer’s purposes, audience expectations, and subjects, as well as the way genre conventions and the resources of language contribute to effectiveness in writing. Teacher Expectations: It is important for both students and parents to understand that this class is taught as a college class. Students should anticipate challenging material involving both short- and long-range writing an...