Identifying Your Audience
English: Year 5 & 6 National Curriculum, topic 2.4.2
Identifying your Audience
Think about your audience when planning your writing.
Who are you writing to?
- You need to think about who will read your writing when you plan it.
- Different people like different things and react in different ways.
Your best friend
- If you are writing for your best friend, they will probably use the same language as you do.
- So you might not have to think too much about the words you use!
Old people
- Your grandfather might not understand all the words you use.
- For example, if you write 'that’s wicked', your grandfather might think you mean 'evil'.
- But you really meant 'cool'!
- Use more formal words and fewer chatty or slang words.
- This will help them understand your writing better.
A foreigner
- If you are talking to someone who is learning to speak English, you should:
- Use clear language.
- Use simple sentences.
- This will help them not to get confused.
Test yourself on Identifying Your Audience
Which audience is this kind of phrase best suited to?
That's sick!To whom should the text you have read be addressed?