Purpose, audience and form
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Content is selected and shaped to suit these, with ideas developed rather than listed.
Adapting register, tone and form to suit a specified purpose and audience.
Topics that use Purpose, audience and form
- Introduction - Aims and objectives (Eduqas GCSE)
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