Indicate whether the primary purpose of each sentence is to inform, to instruct, to persuade, or to entertain.

Have your eyes checked at the We Care Eye Care Center, where we sell glasses at a discount to families.

This place may be shabby, but since both of my children live here it has a special place in my heart. The tone is

This is not the greatest apartment but it's not that bad. The tone is

This is the apartment we live. It provides shelter. The tone is

"They plan to kill General Washington." He closed the book, set it on the floor, and leaned forward, his elbows on his knees. "Tell me all". The tone is

"I will not!" she shouted. "I will not be left at the mercy of our enemies while you sink away!". The tone is

Calligraphy is a form of handwriting. A special pen must be used to do calligraphy. Letters are formed using up and down strokes. Old documents are usually written in this form. Diplomas, certificates, and other awards are written in calligraphy. It is an interesting form of handwriting.

What is the purpose of the passage above?

Identify the author's purpose:

“I like talking to myself. It is one of my greatest

pleasures. I often have long conversations all by

myself, and I am so clever sometimes I don't

understand a single word of what I am saying.”

- The Rocket from “The Happy Prince and Other Tales” by Oscar Wilde

Identify the author's purpose:

“Now is the time to make real the promises of

democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark

and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit

path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our

nation from the quicksand of racial injustice to the

solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make

justice a reality for all of God's children.”

-by Martin Luther King