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1 Using RAFT with writing assignments

2 RAFT is an acronym. R A F T

3 It stands for: Role Audience Format Topic

4 Role of the writer Who are you as the writer? Abraham Lincoln?
A warrior? An auto mechanic? A parent?

5 Audience To whom are you writing? Is your audience a friend?
Your teacher? Readers of a newspaper?

6 Format What form will the writing take? Is it a letter? A speech?
A poem? An essay?

7 Topic What is the subject or the point of this piece?
Is it to persuade a goddess to spare your life? To plead for a re-test? To call for stricter regulations on logging?

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