KostGenrePurposeAudience

How did genre, audience, and purpose figure in those processes?

Teaching attempt:

Genre: The genre I used in my teaching attempt was a demonstration. I did all the steps necessary, showing my dad. Then as he was re-enacting my steps, I began talking him through it if he got stuck.

Audience: The audience was my father, so I definitely had to change the way I would teach someone to use the internet. To a child that is growing up with technology, all I would have to say is open up the start menu, click internet explorer, and do a search for the topic. For my father, I had to simplify it as much as possible.

Purpose: The purpose of this was to teach (or inform) my dad how to use the internet. I had to take a different style of speech. I had to speak and explain in steps, unlike if I were to try to persuade him to do something.

Healthiest Meal:

Genre: Our group used a publication display to show our presentation, and then we explained it.

Audience: Our audience was not just our class, but also someone with lots of experience in food. This altered our presentation, because we really needed to know our stuff.

Purpose: Our purpose was to not only find a meal that fed 2-3 people for under 5 dollars, we also had to make it a healthy meal, and explain what exactly we meant as healthy. If we didn't have to make it healthy, or explain healthy, we could have picked any old meal for under 5 dollars.