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Objective versus subjective writing

Completely objective

Dont use the first person

Write from a general persons perspective

Superficially objective

Presentation order

Subjective writing

Think about your audience

Two types of audience

Audience knowledge

Laypeople

Getting the message across to laypeople

Analogies

Managers

Experts

Hostile or friendly

Unknown audiences

What does the audience want

Completely objective

You are completely objective if you write about something in a completely fair manner, covering all aspects of the issue or topic, and not giving any preference to a particular opinion or take on the issue. To do this is quite difficult, especially for topics that you do have an opinion on. Some people would argue that being completely objective is impossible, and that you can only try to get as close to objective as possible.

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