You will be making educated inferences about demographics, knowledge, beliefs, and values in your own piece for the culminating task for this unit, so these are important considerations to have about your audience. Knowledge
How much background knowledge does the audience have about her topic?
How much does the audience know about the situations she discusses?
How much is the audience likely to know about the people or groups she discusses?

Beliefs
What do members of Lorde’s audience believe about her topic?
What are members of Lorde’s audience likely to believe about the people or groups she describes?
Is her audience likely to agree or disagree with her about the issue?

Values
With respect to her issue, what does her audience consider important?
What do members of Lorde’s audience value that she connects to her issue?
What abstract values (freedom, equality, etc.) do members of her audience consider more important than other values?

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