College Composition / Unit 18 CMP 0426 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Revising for a Specific Reader
Captions available
The idea
Revising for a specific reader means adjusting content, language and tone to what that reader knows, believes and needs.
In practice
The same paper might add background for newcomers, cut it for experts, or move its strongest evidence forward for skeptics.
Where people slip
Revision for audience changes what a draft says, not only how it sounds.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Something wrong in this lesson? Flag it · Sources for College Composition