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2 Determining Purpose PurposeDetermining Purpose:1. Do you need to explain something in a factual, matter-of-fact way? (Expository) 2. Do you need to describe something? (Descriptive) 3. Do you need to persuade or convince? (Persuasive) 4. Do you need to tell a story and entertain (Narrative)

3 Think – Brainstorm-PACO P-What is your purpose?P-What is your purpose? A - Who is your a udience? C - C ontent O - O rganization

4 P.A.C.O. AudienceDetermining your Audience Know your audience before you start writing. The audience is who will read your writing. Think about the needs of your reader (audience) so you can give reasons that will persuade him/her.

5 P.A.C.O. AudienceImportance of Knowing Your Audience Knowing your audience let’s you connect with the ideas, knowledge, or beliefs of the person or group What information to include How informal or formal the language should be

6 Think – Brainstorm-PACO P-What is your purpose?P-What is your purpose? A- Who is your audience?A- Who is your audience? C - C ontent – O - O rganization --.

7 P.A.C.O. ContentKnowing your Content Depending on the purpose, a writer must be familiar with the topic and able to give details, facts and information

8 Think – Brainstorm-PACO P-What is your purpose?P-What is your purpose? A- Who is your audience?A- Who is your audience? C- ContentC- Content O - O rganization --.

9 P.A.C.O Organization Maintaining Organization The writer’s plan on how the writing will be structured

10 Identifying Purpose, Audience and Style Title your paper You will be identifying purpose, audience and style for a variety of different written documents. Think of 10 different types of WRITTEN Documents. They could be extremely simple (a text message) or extremely important (a business letter). Create a table on your page as shown on the next page. Allow the table to take up the entire FRONT of your page.

11 Identifying Purpose, Audience and Style PurposeAudienceWriting Style

12 Example PurposeAudienceWriting Style Classified AdTo persuade someone to buy something— either goods or services It depends on the product. Probably bargain hunters more than anything. Persuasive and to the point. It should be catchy and attractive to the eye.

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