Answer: A. target audience for the brochure.
Before even starting the design of the brochure, Amanda needs to get information on who the target audience are going to be. Amanda will need to conduct a quick research on what the audience of their community likes and does not like. By understanding the target audience, Amanda will be able to get an idea of what design, colors, and format she would make that will attract the attention of their audience.
As for this problem together with the options as answers presented with it, the most probable and the most likely answer would be C. the purpose of the communication.
The first thing you must consider in any type of communication is the purpose of the communication itself. Determining the purpose behind the communication would, in turn, pave way to determining the other things that is needed to be determined such as the type of communication, the style of communication, the timing of the communication, and so on and so forth.