Introduction for Voice and Audience Piece: Food, Family, Fun!

The purpose in this piece is to show our awareness of audience. When writing, I usually do not pay any attention to the fact that other people will read it. I just try to follow the guidelines for the assignment. I believe that people will be able to relate very well to this assignment. I discuss a traditional family gathering, that centers around food, and it radiates with emotion. The audience will be able to connect on a more personal level with it, because it will make them remember their own family cookouts. Having other people read my work has been a major challenge. I was initially very uncomfortable with the fact that I had to share my work. By the time I wrote "Food, Family, Fun!" my level of comfort in knowing that people will, in fact, read what I write increased tenfold. This is probably one of my favorite assignments, because it made me go home again, at least in my mind.