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Carla__Garcia_HIS_200__Applied_History_Mod 4_Short Responses

Carla__Garcia_HIS_200__Applied_History_Mod 4_Short Responses

Q Module 4 Short Responses – Question 1 1. Your best friend 2. People reading a newspaper editorial you've written 3. Your professor 4. The audience at a conference where you are presenting Module 4 Short Responses – Question 2 Consider how your audience might influence the information you include in an historical analysis essay about the Women's Suffrage Movement. What audience would be most interested in reading about the women's movement? How would you tailor your presentation to that audience? What message would be most appropriate for this audience? Module 4 Short Responses – Question 3 Let's say the intended audience for your historical analysis essay about the legal battle for women's suffrage is a group of civil rights lawyers. How would you explain the legal background of the Constitution and the Nineteenth Amendment? How would this approach compare and contrast to an audience of high school students? Module 4 Short Responses – Question 4 Was President Kennedy's decision to support the Equal Rights Amendment a necessary cause for the amendment's passage by Congress? Module 4 Short Responses – Question 5 Was the social tumult of the 1960s a necessary cause of the women's liberation movement?

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In the first case, it is not so important that the tone should be very formal. Since the level of familiarity is high, it won’t be necessary to provide extreme level of detail. The audience is largely looking for basic information. 2. In the second case, the audience is unknown and is non-academic. Hence, it would be prudent to have a formal tone as we are not really sure about the background of the audience. Information should be stated in abundant detail as the audience might not be having any idea of the topic. It won’t be so much important to pay much heed to the format and structure. The audience is largely looking for basic information. 3. In the third case, the audience is known and academic and it is highly important to have an extremely formal tone. Information should be stated in the utmost detail with due consideration for formatting and structure.