Audience and Purpose

Knowing the readers / audience helps achieve the purpose of the paper better.
1. True
2. False
Knowing your audience helps to determine...
1. how much background information to provide.
2. what details to choose.
3. the type of languge to use.
4. all of the above
5. none of the above
What elements of writing will need to be adjusted based on the audience you are addressing?
1. tone
2. level of formality
3. style
4. all of the above
5. none of the above
Which of the following sentences is more effective in speaking directly to the audience?
1. One needs to examine the findings before submitting a proposal to present the study at a conference.
2. You need to examine the findings before submitting a proposal to present the study at a conference.
Knowing the audience determines how much background information you need to provide about the subject for the readers to understand it. Consider the following passage:

Bulbous plants will not flower again unless their leaves, which manufacture starch and sugars through photosynthesis, have time to replenish the depleted food supply of the bulb for the coming year. To replenish they create embryos for the next year’s flowers and, in the case of corms, produce new corms to replace the old ones. This process continues for weeks after the flowers die. That’s why the foliage must never be cut until it has yellowed.

(From The Tulip World, "About Bulbs")

What kind of audience is implied here?
1. expert
2. non-expert