07.11 - 07.14
I have learned multiple things this week from narration patterns to the type of narrations, and learning the correct way of MLA format. But the most important thing I learned this week was Tone, purpose, and audience. Learning to recognize an author’s purpose, tone, and audience in a text can help us not only to better understand what an author is trying to say, but understand their stance on a subject. There are three types of purposes: Persuade, Inform, and Entertain. The author’s tone shows us how he feel towards his subject, and the emotion he wants us to feel as well. Tone can range from sarcastic to humorous, or from formal to informal. Writers produce their most effective writing when it is directed at an audience. It can send mixed messages and likely to alienate the readers. If, for example, you are writing for a teen audience, you won't write in the style of a New York Times newspaper. I learned that having these techniques make it easier to write and have an effective paper.