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Article
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Significance of Audience Analysis: Target Populace [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a 14-page PDF article concerning audience analysis for a persuasive speech. It includes the importance of understanding your audience, methods used to analyze a specific audience, and the five layer of any given audience alalysis.
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Handout
Colorado State University

Colorado State Writing Center: Adapting to Your Audience

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A clear guide to understanding the audience for your writing, this site leads you through steps to help you identify your audience, then structure your writing to meet that audience's needs and expectations. Use links on the right....
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Teaching Audience in Interactive Writing

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Lesson which teaches elementary students the importance and significance of keeping the audience in mind when writing. Students write invitation letters and perform extension activities while learning these concepts. Good resource.
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Lesson Plan: Audience, Purpose, Language in Electronic Messages

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Lesson plan considers changes in writing style since the inception of e-mail and text messaging.