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Chapter 1 1)  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  The Four purposes of writing are to: inform, persuade, express oneself, and to entertain. To inform may be to further educate the reader on a topic of intrest such as taking care of pets. Trying to sway a reader on a topic such as wheather abortion is moral or not is an example of persuasive writing. Self expression is apearent in poetry along with personal essays. And any child who has ever been read to can tell you how entertaining writing can be. 2)   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  When writting a paper the audience is the most important thing to think about. You want to make sure the peice you are writting is not only entertaining to them so they will read it but also they can understand what you are trying to express. A third gradder would not be able to even comprehend, never mind enjoy a paper on quantum physics, nor would a physisist find much joy in reading See Spot Run . It is the audience that would be dictating what a good paper is and if they dont understand it they would most likely not like the paper. 3)  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  What is the audience’s educational level, age social class, and economical status? You don’t want to write on a topic that the audience will not or can not relate to whatsoever such as a 10 year old may not comprehend the stress of the great depression, they most likely just want to read to enjoy themselves.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Why will the audience read the writing? Is it to gain information, or be entertained, or maybe to try to understand a veiw on an issue that is presented. There neesd to be a purpose to all writing. If your audience wants to be informed then allow them to learn by providing details and well presented information.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  How will the audience respond? If you have a hostile (opposing audience) then try to make your comments less agressive and follow them up with details and evidence to support your main themes. Having a neutral audience then you want to provide an effectively presented arument to persuade them to beleive in your veiws.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  How much do they know about the topic? This will allow you to judge wheather you are saying too much or too little in your writting. If they have little to no knollage of the topic then be sure to explain things in great detail.