B. Rhetorical Situation: Audience

After the purpose of the document has been determined, the audience is going to affect how the purpose is presented. The audience is going to consist of all the readers that could potential be presented with your document and will vary depending on the document. For my technical description, I wrote about the medical ultrasound, specifically the Samsung UGEO WS80A. In my reflection paper for the technical description I stated that, “The audience would be for those who commonly come into contact with these machines but are not familiar with its functionality.” One of the comments Professor Carr left, was to consider who else my audience would include. While my technical description was tailored to patients who may receive ultrasound as a treatment, I had not considered a broader audience that my technical description could be geared towards. This is something that I considered more in-depth as I did my other projects.