1. Describe the intended audience, the genre, and the purpose. What
Source Analysis AssignmentWhen you have found writing sources or examples in your
discipline, analyze those and consider the following for each source you find:What is its
purpose?To what audience(s) is it directed?What genre of writing is it and why is it
appropriate for the situation?What are the conventions of the genre that help to identify it
and analyze the specific piece of writing?What other elements of the piece of writing can be
identified and analyzed to understand more about what the writer is trying to do?Start with
the end – what do you think the writer intended for the reader to walk away thinking or
knowing from this piece of writing?Practicing this type of analysis helps make sense of a
piece of writing and the rhetorical situation in which is it operating. Developing the ability
to analyze writing concepts, that is to understand the purpose, audience, genre, context, etc.,
is helpful in understanding and developing our own writing more
effectively.AssignmentWrite a brief analysis — around 300 words — of the sources you
intend to use in your Final P3 Reflection. Your analysis should include the following for each
sample:Describe the intended audience, the genre, and the purpose.What are the
characteristics of the audience overall – think about age, professions, education, and other
factors you might assume from analyzing your samples?How should the audience use the
information? What action should be taken or what is the audience asked to think
about?What is its role in the larger discipline, potentially?What are the needs, values, or
beliefs of the audience that the writer is working toward here? How is the writer appealing
to the audience?Are any audiences excluded by the way the piece is written?How is
information presented, formatted, arranged, and is it appropriate to the genre?What
messages are intended, and are they clearly conveyed?Is there anything notable about the
discourse used?What are the overall impressions of how each sample fits into the discipline
or major? Is it surprising, or typical/expected of the major?How does each sample represent
the major or discipline overall?Include any other analysis you want to share.
