Activity: Adapting to Your Audience

In the Google Document where you've been collecting your research, respond briefly to each of the following questions.

• Who is your audience?
• What does your audience need? What do they want? What do they value?
• What aspects of your topic are most important to them?
• What aspects of your topic are they least likely to care about?
• What kind of organization would best help your audience understand and appreciate your argument?
• What do you have to say (or what are you doing in your research) that might surprise your audience?
• What do you want your audience to think, learn, or assume about you? What impression do you want your writing or your research to convey?