Purpose of text

What does the purpose of the text mean?

• The reason the writer wrote the text
• The person who reads the text
• What kind of text it is, eg a leaflet, a letter etc

What is the main purpose of an advert?

• To instruct
• To describe
• To persuade
• To inform

What is the main purpose of a news report?

• To describe
• To instruct
• To persuade
• To inform

What is the main purpose of a recipe?

• To instruct
• To describe
• To inform
• To persuade

What kind of text would use words like fantastic, free and delicious?

• informative
• persuasive
• instructive
• descriptive

What kind of text usually just contains facts?

• descriptive
• persuasive
• instructive
• informative

What kind of text might have numbered steps?

• persuasive
• descriptive
• instructive
• informative

What kind of text is trying to make you do or believe something?

• descriptive
• persuasive
• informative
• instructive

What kind of text is this?

• Instructive
• Persuasive
• Descriptive
• Informative

What kind of text is this?

• informative
• instructive
• descriptive
• persuasive