2Step I: Analyze Your Purpose and Audience
Learning Objectives
By the end of this chapter, you should be able to:
• List four benefits of going through Step I of the BWP.
• List two questions writers should ask themselves about their purpose.
• List five questions writers should ask themselves about their audience.
• Define the 5W’s and 1H technique.
• Use a Purpose and Audience Analysis Sheet (PAAS) in approaching a writing task.
Give the customer what he or she wants, not what you think the customer ought to have.
OLD ATTITUDES
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