Purposes of Text

A recipe's purpose is...

• To instruct you

• To entertain you

• To persuade you

A news paper's purpose is...

• To inform you

• To explain something

• To analyse something

A story books' purpose is...

• To instruct you

• To persuade you

• To entertain you

A festival poster's purpose is...

• To describe the event

• To instruct you

• To advise you

Which of these are NOT a purpose of text?

• Instruct

• Inform

• Inside

Which of these ARE a purpose of a text?

• Entertain you

• Make you bored

• Have nightmares

You walk down the hallway and see this poster. The poster's purpose is too..

• Inform you of plastic pollution

• Persuade you to start recycling plastic

• All of the above

You start to read this book. What is the purpose of it?

• To inform you on how to be a wizard

• To advise you to start practicing magic

• To entertain you with the story of a young wizard

You receive this email. What is the purpose of it?

• To explain something to you

• To argue that dogs are better than cats

• To entertain you