What I learned today is about how to narrow down who the audience is and how to define the audience. It is extremely important and the first part of the process of figuring out one's writing style, genre, and purpose.

When I took AP English in High School we had been told to stop mentioning the audience in rhetorical analysis specifically because that is all the class could seem to focus on. Our teacher was amazing and she told us how important the reader was when developing a piece, however, our class was taking it to the extreme and she needed us to cool it just a little. Basically I am aware of how important the audience is, but i need to get back into the habit of actually recognizing the reader.