Audience

The person or group a text is intended to reach.

The person or group for whom a text is intended.

A report organises information about a subject for an audience that needs to understand it. Headings, numbered entries and recorded testimony may help readers locate evidence. In the mining evidence below, ‘No.

The people a text is intended for. Their interests, knowledge and relationship to the writer influence what the writer explains and how they address them.

Identify the precise issue, audience, purpose and form before planning. From June 2026, failing to address the task’s focus directly caps AO5 at 12/24.

Identify the form, audience and purpose before planning: your response must fit all three.

Keep your audience in mind throughout, not just in the greeting or title.

The intended reader or listener of a text, whose interests and needs influence the writer’s choices.

The people a text is intended to address, whose interests and concerns influence the writer’s choices.

The readers or listeners a text is intended to reach.

Some letters are intended for a wider public audience.

The people a text is intended to address.

The person or group for whom a text is written.

The people a text is intended to reach. Their interests, knowledge and relationship to the speaker influence the writing.

The people a text is intended for; their knowledge, interests and needs influence what the writer includes and how it is expressed.

The person or group for whom a text is intended.

His audience is deliberately broad: he names men, women and children, then older people and those in poor health. His purpose is to encourage those readers to follow his system. The ending, “I claim”, also reminds us that this is the author's promise, not a demonstrated medical result.

The people a text is intended to reach.

The intended readers or listeners of a text, whose knowledge, interests and concerns influence the writer’s choices.

The people a text is written for; their interests and needs influence its language and content.

The reader or group of readers a text is written for.

The person or group a text is intended to address.

The people a text is intended to address or reach.

A text’s form is the kind of writing it is. Its purpose is what the writer wants to achieve. Its audience is whom it addresses.

The people a piece of writing is intended to address.

The readers or listeners a piece of writing is intended to address.

The people a piece of writing is intended to reach, whose interests, experiences and needs influence the writer’s choices.

The person or group a text is intended to address.

Audience: whom the text addresses.

The people a text is intended to reach, whose interests, knowledge and concerns influence the writer’s choices.

The people a piece of writing is intended to reach; their interests, knowledge and relationship with the writer affect its content and language.

The people a text is intended for, whose knowledge, needs and expectations influence the writing.

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AQA GCSE English Language · 8700

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