The purpose of this audience sheet is to help you imagine an audience who
would read your personal sports narrative. Since you are not actually publishing your
narrative, you'll need to imagine who your readers are, make assumptions
about them, and explain how these assumptions shape your actual writing
decisions.
Imagine you are writing your narrative for a publication called the UWSP Student Writers Magazine.
This publication accepts essays, fiction and nonfiction, from all UWSP
students and focuses on all topics. The essays are not research based.
Although students from all majors contribute submissions, a larger number of
English and humanities majors submit essays. Also, juniors and seniors tend
to contribute more often than freshers and sophomores.
In addition to students who read this magazine, faculty, staff, administrators,
and members of the Stevens Point community also read it.
2. Using key
concepts concerning audience from TSGW, Ch 1--knowledge, values, beliefs, and
expectations--you should indicate the following;
**State
two assumptions you are making about knowledge:
what your readers know or don't know about your personal experience and the
sport you are writing about and then indicate how you are using these
assumptions to write your personal sports narrative.
**State
two assumptions you are making about values and/or beliefs:
what values and/or beliefs your readers have that shape their view of your
personal experience and sport you are writing about and how you are using these
assumptions to write your narrative.
**State two expectations
(e,g, tone? vocabulary?) you believe your readers have for your personal
sports narrative and explain how you are meeting these expectations in your
narrative.
Draft your audience sheet using a Word document--audience
sheet must be typed. Include your name and a title. Use TNR font,
12pt. Single or double space. Draft and revise your audience sheet as you write your
draft.