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Choosing Form and Tone for Your Audience

Identify the audience for and purpose of writing before beginning, selecting the appropriate form, tone, and register to match the intended reader and communicative goal

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Question 1 of 3

Sam wants to write about how to keep a pet hamster healthy. Which of the following best identifies the audience and purpose for his writing?

Question 2 of 3

Lily is writing a short article for the school newsletter about how to stay safe online. Who is the most appropriate audience and what is the purpose of her writing?

Question 3 of 3

Carlos wants to make a short printed guide that teaches the kids who live on his street how to cross safely at a busy intersection. Before he starts writing, he must decide who will read it, why he is writing it, what kind of writing it should be, and how it should sound. Which of the following choices correctly matches the audience, purpose, form, and tone for Carlos’s guide?

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What a child can do after this Skill

Determine the audience (e.g., peers, teacher, younger children, a public audience) and purpose (to persuade, inform, entertain, or explain) before drafting and explain how these choices affect language and structure
Select an appropriate form for the writing task (letter, report, story, instructions, review) based on audience and purpose
Adjust vocabulary, sentence length, and level of formality to suit the identified audience, e.g. using simpler language for younger readers and more formal language for an official letter

Curriculum standards this Skill teaches

Eng.UKS2.Write.Comp.1a — Identify audience and purpose

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