President Jefferson's desired consequence for the Lewis & Clark Expedition was for them to find an all-water route from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean.
A visit to The Geyser of Good Hope provides a useful structure to writers by challenging them to:
- compose a desired consequence statement for each text they want to create
A desired consequence statement (metaphorically) does two things:
- It clearly states the desired consequence the writer wants to see accomplished (through a particular instance of writing)
- It identifies a viable target audience with the agency and social authority to bring about the desired consequence (for a particular instance of writing)
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