Explain how this text reflects the audiences and purposes for which it was intended.

Audience

• Observe the tone that is used in the text (formal, informal, helpful, poetic)

• Where does the text come from? The type of publication will tell you a lot about the intended audience (newspaper, music magazine, health form) 

• What kind of vocabulary is being used? The types of words and expressions in the text will help you understand the audience (complex, descriptive, simple)

Purpose

• Does the text openly outline its objectives, or why it has been written? 

• What is the argument in the text, what opinion is the writer expressing? 

• Again, what kind of words and expressions are being used? For instance, is the writing instructive, or explicatory