Write Better Essays

1. Write Better Essays With revisions made by Mrs. Lopez

2. Lesson 1: Purpose and Audience _______: Answers the question: ___ am I writing this? The three main purposes for writing are to Persuade, to Inform/explain, or to Entertain (___). Your _______ for writing is determined by the prompt and your _______. _______: Answers the question: ____ am I writing for? Depending on who will be reading your writing determines the tone you will write in, and the details you choose to include. Therefore, ______ and ______ shapes ___ and ____ you will write.

3. Understanding Your Audience Note: Even when writing about the same poem, an AP Exam scorer and your teacher will be grading you differently; therefore, _______________________________________.

4. The Audience’s Relationship to the Subject

5. Practice 1 • Briefly explain how to write for an audience that will remain unknown to you personally. ____________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ 2. A Martian has just landed in your backyard. He asks where he has landed. You answer, “America.” “What kind of place is America?” he replies. a. Who is your audience for this writing assignment? ______ b. Given your audience, how should you approach your topic? Why? _____________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________

6. Practice 2 • Describe the purpose of the following assignment: Read Langston Hughes’s essay, “Salvation.” Discuss the central conflict that he describes. How does Hughes resolve this conflict? ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________