The art of reading

What is the purpose of an informative text?

• To persuade you to buy something.

• To describe how a scene might look in a novel.

• To provide clear facts about something.

• To tell you how to do something

Answer explanation

The following passage is an example of informative text: true or false?

• True

• False

What is this text passage trying to persuade you to do?

• To go on holiday.

• To make some home improvements.

• To take out a loan with the advertising loan company

• To buy something you’ve always wanted.

What type of text is the following passage?

• descriptive

• instructive

• informative

• persuasive

What type of text would you need to use to tell someone how to wire a plug?

• Persuasive

• Instructive

• Descriptive

• Informative

This is an example of persuasive text: true or false?

• False

• True

Answer explanation

This is an example of a descriptive text.

This is an example of instructive text: true or false?

• True

• False

A cooking recipe is an example of which type of text?

• Descriptive

• Informative

• Instructive

• Persuasive

The following passage contains descriptive text: true or false?

• True

• False

Answer explanation

This text is a descriptive text because includes a lot of adjectives. It also describes with details th situation.

Persuasive texts are often written in a special way to bring the text to your attention. Which of the following methods is not used in the example below?

• capital letters

• exclamation marks

• humour

• rhetorical questions