Context, purpose and audience in spoken texts: speeches, interviews and information sessions

What this note covers

1. Context is not content
2. Identifying a speaker's purpose
3. Audience clues in spoken texts
4. Features of common spoken text types
5. Register and tone in speech
6. Worked example: purpose and context questions on an ORIGINAL speech
7. Linking context, purpose and audience in one analysis

7 sections · 11 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes