16. why is it important to know your purpose and audience before you choose your topic? why is it important to know what main ideas you want to cover in your writing before you begin? how do you think your writing would be affected if you did not know your purpose, audience, and main ideas before you begin writing your article?

You should know the purpose & audience before you choose a topic so that what you’re writing can relate to them. It is important to know what main ideas you wish to cover before you begin because it will make much more organized. If you do not do these things before writing an article, it won’t be a fitting article for the audience and won’t be organized and structured correctly.