Study Notes

Introduction to Scholarly Writing: Purpose, Audience, and Evidence

Purpose

Every piece of writing—a shopping list, an advertisement, a car owner’s manual, a newspaper editorial, a poem—presumably is written for a reason. Three common purposes of all writing are to (a) inform, (b) persuade, and (c) engage or somehow entertain.

Consider this paragraph—the opening of an essay written by a high school student. As you read, think about her purpose:

If you have too much cholesterol in your blood, your arteries can become coated with this fat-like substance. Eventually your arteries can get narrowed and clogged, which will make it more difficult for your blood to get to your heart. When that happens, your chest might start hurting. If part of your heart gets completely cut off from the blocked artery, you might experience a heart attack.

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