During the first couple of weeks of schools, as a class, we read an article from Oprah about women obesity. We analyzed how the audience and purpose of the article affected the structure and content of the text.
In the article, her audience is older women who struggle with obesity or even just weight problems. Oprah can relate to her audience by telling them that she has struggled with her weight problems. Oprah also identifies and gains the trust of her audience by using "we" and "you" which means she is saying that her and her audience are in the same boat because she has been through the process of losing weight too. Oprah said, "whether we want to lose weight, reach a career goal, or improve our relationships, it's human to look for the easy way out...". With that quote from her article, you can see how she uses "we" in her article so she is comfortable with her audience.
The purpose of the article is to inspire women to never give up with the problems of weight and overcome the problem. "And if you decide to rise and create a new experience for yourself, I know for sure that you can attain it the old-fashioned way- through hard work." That quote shows her purpose in her article and wants to inspire her audience.
The audience and purpose affects the structure and content of the text by with her being comfortable with her audience and being obvious with her purpose she can get right to the point with her content. She uses longer, more elaborated paragraphs that tell personal and other stories.
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