Purpose & Audience iMedia

You have been asked to write a guide to starting high school / secondary school. Who is your audience?

• Secondary school teachers
• Primary school teachers
• Pupils who are at the end of Year 6
• Pupils who are at the end of Year 11

What would be the primary purpose of a guide to starting high school?

• To entertain
• To inform
• To persuade
• To argue

You have been asked to write a speech promoting your friend, who is running for school council. Who would your audience be?

• Pupils
• Parents
• Governors
• Teachers

What is the definition of audience?

• the readers that the text is intended for

• a group of people listening at a concert

• anyone who is reading the text

• the reason the text is written

What is the definition of purpose?

• the meaning of life

• a Justin Bieber album

• the reason the text is written (to entertain, inform, or persuade)

• the reader the text is intended for

A text's purpose is either to persuade, inform, or entertain (PIE).What does narrative writing do?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

A text's purpose is either to persuade, inform, or entertain (PIE). What does argumentative writing do?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

A text's purpose is either to persuade, inform, or entertain (PIE). What does explanatory writing do?

• persuade

• inform

• entertain

What is the audience / purpose of this text: An article comparing and contrasting American and Swedish health care systems.

• students / entertain

• doctors / inform

• babies / persuade

• teachers / inform

Which of the following would "inform" fall under?

• Type of Audience

• Purpose

• Types of Information

• Types of Product