an interpreter will understand the meaning of words. Each genre comes with its own set of characteristic elements and assumptions. These include things such as 1. The situation and the speaker: assumptions about who is speaking and assumptions about what has happened or is happening in the speaker’s life; 2. The audience: what kind of audience is being addressed; 3. The language: what kinds of sentences (questions, requests, exclamations, declarations, etc.) and what meaning or content are appropriate