1. Purpose and Audience Close Reading

2. Purpose Purpose means what the text is for.. Ask yourself, Why has it been written? Why is it being said?

3. PURPOSEEXAMPLES OF TEXTS To EntertainFilms, cartoons, comics To InformNewspaper articles, non- fiction stories, documentaries To PersuadeDiscursive writing, debates, donations, political stories To InstructHow to guides, cookbooks, manuals, first aid books! To RecountDiary entries, journals To EvaluateSchool reports, science reports

4. AUDIENCE Who is the text for? Who is supposed to read it? Who would be interested in it? Young/old/teenagers Male/female People interested in certain interest/hobbies …..

5. Register Register: refers to language choices used  Are the words used FORMAL OR INFORMAL?  Is it conversational and relaxed … or full of technical terms and jargon

6. Example: Ebola Article 1Article 2 Purpose (Evidence) Audience (Evidence

7. What is the purpose/audience of …. Evidence: How do you know this?

8. What is the purpose/audience of … What do you think the register will be?

9. What is the purpose of …

10. Purpose, Audience (A trickier one!!)

11. What is the purpose/audience/register of …