the author wants to give you information

the author wants to amuse you or for you to enjoy the writing

advertisements, persuasive letters, opinions, campaign speeches are all examples of:

textbooks, non-fiction books, expository essays, biographies, newspaper articles, and directions are examples of:

fictions stories, poems, songs, plays, jokes, and narratives are examples of:

In an advertisement, the author's purpose is to:

In a textbook, the author's purpose is to:

In an expository essay, the author's purpose is to:

In a newspaper articles, the author's purpose is to:

In a poem, the author's purpose is to:

In a campaign speech, the authors purpose is to:

In a novel, the author's purpose is to:

In street directions, the author's purpose is to:

In a song, the author's purpose is to:

In a non-fiction book, the author's purpose is to:

The instructions for the board game, Monopoly is meant to:

A child’s letter to Santa asking for a bicycle because the child has been good all year is meant to:

A recipe explaining how to make chicken salad sandwiches is meant to:

A Garfield comic from the newspaper in which Garfield hates Mondays and likes lasagna