Introduction to a Writing that Illustrates Audience and Voice

The first blog assignment was about the items our wallets contained and how it helped show who we were. I chose this piece to illustrate awareness of an audience simply because it was written with the intent to share what the contents of my wallet showed about me. I know who I am and why what I choose to keep in my wallet is a reflection of who I am, but the people who might have read the blog certainly didn’t until they finished reading it. Here’s a short excerpt that very clearly shows how I am speaking to an audience and sharing my own voice in the writing: “What information could someone glean from these items is pretty minimal. My address. My height, weight, eye color. The fact that I wear glasses. That I'm an organ donor. Where I bank and my insurance provider. That's about it for the major details. The fact that I carry so little in my wallet is probably more revealing than its contents, really.”

This piece was a great one for “stimulating others’ thinking” because I think most people, after reading it, would probably begin thinking about their own wallets and what it told people about them. Self-reflection can be fun sometimes, and this writing was an example of that, I think.