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Because a clear sense of audience and purpose
is essential to good writing, you should be able to deter-
mine the intended audience and purpose of a given text. Select an article
from a magazine or news-
paper, and read it carefully. Who is the primary audience? What was the writer trying to achieve?
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W
hether you like the freedom of choosing your own topic or prefer
to have the topic chosen for
you, one thing is certain: If you are writing an essay for a college application, the
SAT or ACT,
an AP Exam, or a high school course, you must fulfill the assignment. If the
assignment asks
you to write about a particular issue—year-round school, for example—you can’t expect to succeed if you write
about the need for campaign finance reform. On the SAT, failure to address the topic is grounds for a score of zero—
no matter how well you wrote your essay.
Even the most open-ended essay assignments have guidelines that must be followed. There may
be a spe-
cific issue to address, an
approach to take, or a length requirement to fulfill. When the assignment isn’t open ended,
there are even more constraints. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Assignments give you a framework within
which to work. That framework can not only guide you
through the writing process, but can also eliminate the
time you would otherwise spend deciding on a suitable topic.
L E S S O N
Understanding
the
Assigned
Topic
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