Blog post #4

Posted on September 14, 2023 by Aliya

In Andrea Lunsford’s, “Writing Addresses, Invokes, and/or Creates Audiences,” she talks about the most important features of writing which includes a concept called the rhetorical triangle. On each point of this triangle there is a different ideology such as the writer, the audience, and the text and these are what essentially mastermind the sense of writing. Lunsford continues on in her writing that even if you have no one there to listen to your speech, there are always the people that you can imagine and therefore you can regularly have an audience to help you portray your message.

In past studies where I was required to write an essay, I was always led under the assumption that I was writing with my teacher as the audience. By reading this article, I was able to piece together that my audience doesn’t need to be specific such as having a specific teacher in mind, but rather, it needs to be a group of people that I can imagine understanding the points in my writing and interpret it how I, the writer, want it to sound. My audience just needs to be a general community of readers. Imagining an audience can help people become better writers because it can lead you to articulate your points in a way that can be understood by all.

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Writing Addresses, Invokes, and/or Creates Audiences,

Posted on September 13, 2023 by Kaylee Powelson

Writing is rational and responsive, these characteristics of writing are known as the rhetorical triangle. This has each of its points as a key element. Those could include the writer, audience, or text. The audience for a speech is present, while readers are absent. Writers need to fictionalize their audience and audiences need to fictionalize themselves to adopt the role set out by the writer. The digital age has brought a closer need for consideration of audiences. Writing cannot only address but also create audiences. Writers who have “gone viral” know what it means to create an audience that has been unintended and unimagined. More importantly, digital literacies have blurred the boundaries between a writer and its audience. Shifting and expanding understandings of an audience raises new questions that engage students in exploring their own roles as ethical and effective readers. 

No, past writing experiences have not informed me about writing to an audience. I have always just assumed that I was writing to my teacher. Knowing that my audience was my teacher while writing was useful because I knew that I had to be able to connect with my teacher and explain my ideas in a way that maybe classmates would not understand. I learned about writing to an audience after reading this article that you have to explain enough for the audience to understand, but also leave some room for imagination. Understanding your audience will raise questions that engage others.

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Blog Post #4

Posted on September 13, 2023 by Cole Sawyer

Andrea A. Lunsford wrote “Writing Addresses, Invokes, and/or Creates Audiences.”  The main summary of this paper is there is a triangle that has audience, writers, and readers. All of these topics have to work together. Moreover, audience is the biggest part. Writers will have to write to an imaginary group if they don’t know what group will read it.  This is called the rhetorical triangle.

What did I learn about writing to an audience by reading this article? I learned that I might not know what the audience might be. Aswell as, writing a paper to a distinct group. I have not written any papers of any kind to a different type of audience. Like that question says, I think I’m writing it to my teacher or professor. Like how we did the paper on the interview about are job we want to go in to. You wanted us to write it to you. I have not had much experience with that type of writing.

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“Writing Addresses, Invokes, and/or Creates Audiences” – Blog Post 4

Posted on September 13, 2023 by Isabel

In “Writing Addresses, Invokes, and/or Creates Audiences”, Andrea A. Lunsford talks about the rhetorical triangle. It’s an idea that there are three main points to writing; writers, audience, and text. The writer brings up a man named Walter Ong. He believes that when you write, your audience isn’t really there. You have to imagine them. While the writer is imagining their own audience, the audience should put themselves in that imagination while reading to get the full idea. Lunsford also brought in the idea that now with so much digitalizing, especially in writing, there’s no telling how many people who are listening are actually present when the speaker is talking. So many people can sit there but not be focused or engaged like a writer would want in the first place.

In past writing experiences, I have been informed about the different audiences and what I want them to gain from my writings. I didn’t always assume that my teacher was my only audience, I knew that there were times my writing was there for others but teachers were always one person I knew I was writing for. Useful information I learned was what I was trying to get across to them. I am always looking for a reason in my writings, and when I have an audience, I want them to have the same reasoning come from it. There isn’t much that hasn’t been useful when learning about writing for an audience, it all has resinated with me and helped me out for the future. In reading this article, I learned that I have to imagine who is reading it, and imagine the types of people as well. I also learned that when I am reading a piece of writing, that I should try and be the audience the writer intended their piece for, to get the most out of it. The image of my writers will change depending on what I am writing for. There will be times that I am thinking of other young adults, who are studying the same topic. Other times I will be thinking about my professors or adults who want to hear my informed opinion about something. In the future, this will help me because I will know the tone I have to take with my writing and know how to interact the correct way with my audience. Imagining your own audience is helpful because you can change how you talk or change what is the focus due to what they could find interesting or useful from it.

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Writing Addresses, Invokes, and/or Creates Audiences- by Andrea A. Lunsford

Posted on September 13, 2023 by Abbi

In the Article ” Writing Addresses, Invokes, and/or Creates Audiences” by Andrea A Lunsford, explains that what the author writes is what creates the audience. In the article it explains different writers and their pieces and how those pieces in turn created an audience. Writing can be perceived in many different but either way you write it will create the ideal audience in which you were aiming to appeal to. If I was to write an article about love, then it would appeal to the ideal audience that wanted to hear about love or romance.

In past experiences I have written about certain topics pertaining to my interests and most of them were directed to a certain group of people. I now know that I can write what I want but it may also pertain to may audiences not just one audience, but the whole idea is that it pertains mostly to the people that I am trying to persuade, inform and so on so forth. I mostly assumed that the teacher was reading it, so I wrote it to the teacher. I feel like my past instruction really did not help me in terms of my audience it was more primarily based on the way that I wrote. I learned that when you write it will be perceived in many different ways but it will eventually hit your ideal audience.

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Writing Addresses, Invokes, and/or Creates Audiences

Posted on September 13, 2023 by Ashley

In Andrea Lunsford’s article, “Writing Addresses, Invokes, and or Creates Audiences” the main idea is considering and understanding your readers to write effectively. She talks about highlighting the dynamic relationship between a reader and writer by communicating with, or imagining the audience of your writing. Your audiences can always be different, and you should write in a way to meet their expectations, and needs. Imagining your audience helps to understand who we are writing to and how to convey the information correctly for a particular audience. Knowing how to adjust the style and content for different readers can make them effectively write.

My past writing experiences have not informed me with an audience. We were always told to just write about the topic we were given and to include citations and evidence to support our topic. The most useful instruction to me is thinking about the information from the reader’s point of view to create a more engaging writing that will keep the reader’s focus.

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Writing Addresses, Invokes, and/or Creates Audiences

Posted on September 12, 2023 by coopea23

In Andrea Lunsford’s writing, “Writing Addresses, Invokes, and/or Creates Audiences,” she goes over the concept of considering your readers when you write. Lunsford says that understanding your audience is a key factor in effective writing. She talks about how writers communicate with, influence, and even invent their readers, highlighting the dynamic relationship between the writer and the reader. The main idea here is that writing is a way of talking to a specific audience, trying to engage them, persuade them, or provide them with information. Lunsford’s article underlines the importance of realizing that audiences can be different, and the way you write should match their expectations, needs, and backgrounds. This idea challenges the common assumption among students that their main audience is always the teacher. Lunsford’s perspective suggests that writers need to adjust their tone, style, and content to fit different readers, making their writing more effective.

After reading this article, I now better understand how important it is to be aware of your audience when writing. I realize that every piece of writing has its unique audience, whether it’s a teacher, classmates, or a larger group of readers. In my future writing, I will make an effort to think more about my audience and adapt my approach to effectively connect and communicate with them. Knowing the dynamics of different audiences will help me create more engaging writings.

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“Writing Addresses, Invokes, and/or Creates Audiences”

Posted on September 12, 2023 by hernam48

In the essay “Writing Addresses, Invokes, and/or Creates Audiences,” by Andrea A. Lusford’s main idea was that the rhetorical triangle has key elements for writing. It is the characteristic of writing to catch the main points. The rhetorical triangle carries logos, ethos, and pathos, which the speaker has to appeal to that audience. The reader, writer, and text, are trying to engage the reader in the information. How we need to understand who we are writing too, even if you have to imagine the audience. Most of the time we do have to but that helps us understand who we are writing to and what information we will need to provide. Understanding of the audience helps the readers spring important questions that will involve the writer. Ultimately make the writer refocus on their own ethics and how effective they are on their readers. How the writer can improve on the reviewer, crowd, author, announcer, and onlooker.

My past writing experiences haven’t really informed me with my audience. I always assumed it was for my teacher or professor. The most useful instruction I was given was thinking about the information from their point of view. Having to really switch my brain into not thinking like a writer but a reader for a second. The most unimportant thing when thinking about my audience was cramping my writing with all facts and evidence not fully explaining why this information is important and why we need it. What I learned about writing to an audience by reading this article is that I have to imagine my audience as if I’m addressing a teacher. How I will reflect or imagine my audiences from now on would be someone that is higher up than me, like a boss. Reflecting or imagining audiences help writers create better writing by really knowing what your audience is and what information they need.

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Blog #4

Posted on September 12, 2023 by Janelle

In Andrea Lunsford’s “Writing Addresses, Invokes, and/or Creates Audiences”, she explains why connecting to your audience is important. The rhetorical triangle is the writer, audience, and text that develops meaning in writing. Lunsford says that writers will imagine their audiences in order to form the intent behind their pieces. With developing technology it becomes harder to create an audience. Digital writing blurs the line between the writer and the audience. Lunsford ends by saying the way we address, invoke, become, and create new audiences becomes a creative gateway to others.

My past academic writing has definitely formed the way I view audiences. An example is the Voice of Democracy essay my school writes every year. We are required to write an essay about a history topic that is read and reviewed by veterans. This experience has made me realize that directing your writing to a specific audience will have a better outcome than always directing it toward your teacher. In this article, I learned that digital writing has made it more difficult to cater to an audience. I also learned that creating an imaginary audience can be useful when writing because it helps creativity. From now on I will imagine reading my work from my audience’s point of view.

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Writing Addresses, Invokes, and/or Creates Audiences

Posted on September 12, 2023 by Aubrie
  1. In literature, the art of addressing, invoking, or creating audiences takes on a unique and nuanced form compared to advertising or marketing. Addressing the reader directly is a literary technique where the author breaks the “fourth wall” to engage with the audience. This can create a sense of intimacy or immediacy, making readers feel like active participants in the story. Literature often aims to invoke a wide range of emotions in readers. Skillful writers use vivid descriptions, character development, and plot twists to elicit empathy, joy, sorrow, anger, or fear in the audience. These emotional connections deepen the reader’s engagement with the narrative. Literature often employs symbolism and allegory to address deeper themes or societal issues. Authors use symbols and metaphors that require readers to interpret and engage intellectually with the text. Authors often address specific cultural or historical contexts, either to reflect the realities of a particular time or to comment on contemporary issues. This can resonate strongly with audiences who identify with those contexts.
  2. My past writing experiences have significantly shaped my perspective on writing for an audience. Over time, I’ve come to appreciate the importance of fitting my writing to suit the specific needs of different audiences. Receiving feedback from various audiences has been huge in honing my writing skills. Understanding how different readers react to my work has helped me identify areas for improvement. One key lesson I’ve gathered from past experiences is the necessity of adaptability. Different audiences may have varying levels of familiarity with a topic, so I’ve had to learn how to adjust my tone, style, and level of detail accordingly in order for then to understand my writing fully.
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