Writing Assignment #1                                    Writing for Different Audiences

 

 

Write two 300 word (minimum) pieces on the same exact topic (e.g., gummi bears and their place in Western Civilization).  Write the first to your best friend, making sure it will be effective with that audience.  Write the second as if the piece were to be published in “The Jeffersonian”, to be read by around 900 people, most of whom you don’t know. 

 

This is due by the beginning of class, Thursday, August 23rd.

 

P.S.:  On the top of your typed paper, please use the following format

 

Your name

Writing Assignment #1:  Audience

Title of Your Piece (you can have two different titles on this assignment if you wish)

 

 

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