Purpose and Audience

      The overall purpose for this article is to inform the professors that they must teach their students to write in the language the understands. You must be able to write as if you are the expert. The overall purpose of the article gets clearer as you read the article. The article did affect my thinking when I write my papers. I never really gave much thought to writing as if you were an expert in a subject. The actual purpose of the article wasn’t really hidden, but instead kept on building as you read. The intended audience is any professor that reads this article. I am not a part of this audience since I’m not a professor. Bartholomae assumes the professors would believe that they too need to guide their students. This point of view is from Bartholomae.