Intro to Audience and voice piece: Thanksgiving Dinner Traditions Blog

I chose to write about my family’s Thanksgiving dinner traditions in the blog about food –oriented traditions. The reason I chose this as the piece with “a clear sense of audience” is that I figured most people can relate to some sort of food traditions at Thanksgiving time. Readers of this public piece could easily see similarities to, or differences from, their own Thanksgiving traditions as they read what my family traditionally does every Thanksgiving. I also felt people could “hear” my voice on the issue of whether or not I will carry on these traditions with my own family in the future. Some traditions lose their original intent and value over generations, only to realize new traditions have emerged in their place. I wonder what will be the “traditions” at Thanksgiving for my grandkids – which ones will be the same, and which ones will be new (and how will I react to it all)?