ENG/210 v3
Audience Observations Worksheet
Select 1 smartphone image from the Interactive Smartphone Observations activity and analyze it.
Consider the following questions as you conduct your analysis:
What details do you notice about the type of smartphone, its condition, its home screen, or the
apps on it?
What do the smartphone details reveal about the owner, such as their health, values, age, or
wealth? What are your first reactions?
What inferences can you make about the owner based on your observations?
Complete the Smartphone Observations and Inferences Table in which you:
List 3 to 5 observations that you made about your selected smartphone in the Observations
column.
Provide 1 inference for each observation that indicates what each observation about the
smartphone might tell you about the smartphone’s owner (your audience) in the Inferences
column.
Smartphone Observations and Inferences Table
Observations Inferences
Example observation: Lots of unread Example inference: Maybe this person is very
messages busy or very irresponsible
Observation 1: The cover of the phone has a This probably belongs to a kid who loves
cartoon image on it. cartoons.
Observation 2: A text message from a parent. The text message on the phone indicates that
the owner of the phone is a kid who is
probably not too old, perhaps around the ages
of 8 to 12 years old, and is prone to forgetting
his backpack at school.
Observation 3: The Fandora and the Tok Tok These apps suggest that this kid loves
apps. watching and playing on fun apps.
Observation 4: Wallpaper of a cat. This more than likely suggests that the owner
is a cat lover.
Respond to the following questions about your observations and inferences. Start your answer on a new
line.
1. Assume you located the smartphone owner’s email address, and you want to write an email to
the owner offering to return the smartphone. Consider your observations about the smartphone
and what you believe are characteristics of its owner. Consider how the owner’s characteristics
might affect your tone, word choices, and sentence structure when writing to that person (your
audience). Based on those considerations, draft your email in which you offer to return the
smartphone to the owner.
Hello, I came across a mobile phone on my way into town today. When I looked at it closer, I saw
that the cover of the phone is yellow and has a cartoon character on it that resembles Iron Man,
and there was also a message on it reminding the owner not to forget their backpack plus some
other fun apps and a certain parent folder. So I believe that the owner of this phone might be your
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Audience Observations Worksheet
Select 1 smartphone image from the Interactive Smartphone Observations activity and analyze it.
Consider the following questions as you conduct your analysis:
What details do you notice about the type of smartphone, its condition, its home screen, or the
apps on it?
What do the smartphone details reveal about the owner, such as their health, values, age, or
wealth? What are your first reactions?
What inferences can you make about the owner based on your observations?
Complete the Smartphone Observations and Inferences Table in which you:
List 3 to 5 observations that you made about your selected smartphone in the Observations
column.
Provide 1 inference for each observation that indicates what each observation about the
smartphone might tell you about the smartphone’s owner (your audience) in the Inferences
column.
Smartphone Observations and Inferences Table
Observations Inferences
Example observation: Lots of unread Example inference: Maybe this person is very
messages busy or very irresponsible
Observation 1: The cover of the phone has a This probably belongs to a kid who loves
cartoon image on it. cartoons.
Observation 2: A text message from a parent. The text message on the phone indicates that
the owner of the phone is a kid who is
probably not too old, perhaps around the ages
of 8 to 12 years old, and is prone to forgetting
his backpack at school.
Observation 3: The Fandora and the Tok Tok These apps suggest that this kid loves
apps. watching and playing on fun apps.
Observation 4: Wallpaper of a cat. This more than likely suggests that the owner
is a cat lover.
Respond to the following questions about your observations and inferences. Start your answer on a new
line.
1. Assume you located the smartphone owner’s email address, and you want to write an email to
the owner offering to return the smartphone. Consider your observations about the smartphone
and what you believe are characteristics of its owner. Consider how the owner’s characteristics
might affect your tone, word choices, and sentence structure when writing to that person (your
audience). Based on those considerations, draft your email in which you offer to return the
smartphone to the owner.
Hello, I came across a mobile phone on my way into town today. When I looked at it closer, I saw
that the cover of the phone is yellow and has a cartoon character on it that resembles Iron Man,
and there was also a message on it reminding the owner not to forget their backpack plus some
other fun apps and a certain parent folder. So I believe that the owner of this phone might be your
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