Purpose

Question 1

What is the purpose of the text

Answer 1

the reason that is has been writtten

wahat the writer is trying to do

Question 2

What are the different purposes of texts

Answer 2

• to argue or persuade
  
  • give the writer’s opinion
  • they get the reader to agree with them
• inform
  
  • tell the reader about something
  • they help the reader to increase their understanding of a subject
• to entertain
  
  • enjoyable to read
  • make the reader feel something
• to advise
  
  • help the reader to do something
  • give instruction

Question 3

Texts can have more than one purpose, give an example

Answer 3

biographies can be written to inform and entertain

fiction texts are often entertaining stories on the surface, but they contain another message, either to argue or inform

Question 4

How may an entertaining tone may be formed in non-fiction texts?

Answer 4

tone

e.g. magazines may use a chatty tone

Question 5

What are the characteristics of an informative text

Answer 5

• writers intentions:
  
  • to pass on knowledge
  • as clearly and effectively as possible
• adapt language to match intended audience
  
  • e.g. age group or level of understanding
• balanced and factual
  
  • no opinions
• potentially argumentative

Question 6

What are the characteristics of an entertaining text?

Answer 6

• pleasure
• few facts
  
  • try to make you feel something
  • evoke emotions
• descriptive
  
  • narrative techniques
  • structural techniques

Question 7

What are the charactteristics of writing to argue?

Answer 7

• want to make reader agree with their opinion
• clear and forceful language
• may use statistics

Question 8

Whaat are the characteristics of persuasive writing?

Answer 8

• tried to get the reader to do something, such as supporting a chartiy
• uses emotive language
• aims to make the reader sympathise with the cause
• aims to motivate people to take actiopn
• more subtle than arguing

Question 9

WHat are the common techniques of writing to argue or persuade?

Answer 9

• often used
  
  • rhetorical devices
  • hyperbole
  • repition
  • or rhetorical questions

Question 10

What are the characteristics of writing to advise?

Answer 10

• aims to get readers to follow their suggestions
• calm and less emotional than writing to argue or persuade
• clear and direct
  
  • vocabularly to match the audience’s subject knowledge
  • second person pronouns to make the advice feel personal
  • logical structure that makes the adivce easy to follow
• the register may be formal or informal

Question 11

What is the writers viewpoint and how does it differ from purpose?

Answer 11

a viewpoint is what the writer thinks about the topics they’re writing about

wheras purpose is what they’re trying to do

clues may be found in language, tone, style and content of the writing