Genre is the type of writing and audience is the “who” of the writing, or in other words the readership of a piece of writing. These two terms are interconnected in many ways. The genre of the writing, such as whether to write an article or a personal essay, can be determined by looking at the audience for that particular piece of writing. For example, if the audience for a piece of writing is a professor, or a high ranking official in a firm, then the genre chosen would normally be a formal essay or letter, whereas if it was a younger audience, the genre would more likely be a fiction piece.
Hi Shanil; I did not see this post when I checked in the morning, but I will assume that you had done the free-write in class and as such, this post will count as being on time.
ReplyDeleteSolid job explaining how genre and audience can influence one another. The examples of genres targeted at professors or business officials do a good job of illustrating the connection between the key terms. While it is true that younger audiences often read fiction, the type of genre you describe here (fiction) is a literary genre, rather than a writing genre like the ones you listed for the previous examples. If you were to revise this post, I would suggest that you provide a writing example for a younger audience (i.e. blog post, informal email, text, etc.).
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