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SPECIFIC PURPOSES. E.G GENERAL PURPOSE: To inform SPECIFIC PURPOSES: To inform my audience of the recent progress in AIDS research. To inform my audience of the currently used tests for HIV infection. SPECIFIC PURPOSES. General purpose: To persuade Specific purposes:
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SPECIFIC PURPOSES • E.G • GENERAL PURPOSE: To inform • SPECIFIC PURPOSES: • To inform my audience of the recent progress in AIDS research. • To inform my audience of the currently used tests for HIV infection
SPECIFIC PURPOSES • General purpose: To persuade • Specific purposes: • To persuade my audience to contribute to AIDS research. • To persuade my audience that they should be tested for HIV infection.
Exercise 1 • Are the following purposes appropriate for your class? If not, how might they be rephrased? • A. To inform my audience of how to use the Windows software program • B. To persuade my audience to change their eating habits • C. To inform my audience of how to be an A student. • D. To inform my audience of how to play football.
Exercise 2 • A. What three topics that you would like to listen to? • B. Identify one topic that would be inappropriate for every conceivable audience?