{"id":76,"date":"2015-06-01T17:35:33","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T17:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/englishcomp2kscopexmaster\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=76"},"modified":"2020-03-21T20:33:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T20:33:00","slug":"discussion-establishing-intended-audience","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jefferson-collegecomposition\/chapter\/discussion-establishing-intended-audience\/","title":{"raw":"Discussion: Establishing Intended Audience","rendered":"Discussion: Establishing Intended Audience"},"content":{"raw":"<div id=\"dirContents\" class=\"dirContents expandedOnly\">\r\n<div class=\"body\">\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #800080;font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"background-color: transparent\">Material in this web article, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.studygs.net\/writing\/audience.htm\">\"Determining Audience\/Readership\"<\/a>\u00a0from Study Guides and 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