What is the purpose of these texts?

What is the purpose of this text?

• To convince people that Diet Coke is fancy

• To convince people to buy Diet Coke

• To convince people that Taylor Swift is still relevant

• To convince people that Diet Coke will make you lose weight

What is the purpose of this text?

• To update the public on current issues

• To throw support behind beloved media personality, Andrew O'Keefe

• To position the reader to dislike Andrew O'Keefe

• To throw doubt on Andrew O'Keefe's character as a beloved media personality

What is the purpose of this text?

• To update the public on current news

• To build sympathy for media presenters

• To convince the reader to stop watching TV shows

• To examine the state of public hospital care

What is the purpose of this text?

• To make people spend more money

• To bring customers to McDonalds

• To discourage people from buying fast food

• To show how delicious a Big Mac is

What is the purpose of this text?

• To encourage people to wear masks

• To discourage people from wearing masks

• To highlight racial injustices

• To raise concern about the COVID pandemic

What is the purpose of this text?

• To highlight the issues faced by Victorians during the pandemic

• To show that politicians are bad people

• To show Dan Andrews as a good leader

• To insinuate that Dan Andrews is an incompetent leader

What is the purpose of this text?

• To criticise Scott Morrison's response to the 2020 Bushfire crisis

• To show that Australia is in danger of bush fires

• To educate the public on the damage a bushfire can cause

• To poke fun at Australia's Prime Minister

What is the purpose of this text?

• To keep the public up to date on recent news

• To celebrate the growth of digital news platforms

• To warn readers of the danger in moving from physical to digital news sources

• To show why digital news is better than newspapers

What is the purpose of this text?

• To celebrate the achievements of AFLW

• To provide information about an upcoming sporting event

• To provide advertising revenue to betting agencies

• To convince the reader to support a particular AFLW team

What is the purpose of this text?

• To illicit a positive emotional response

• To blame politicians for their lack of action on climate change

• To show the impact of bushfires on Australian wildlife habitats

• To encourage individuals to take action against climate change