1.2.4 - Understanding Text Types: Recognizing Purpose and Audience
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Practice Questions
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What is one purpose of a persuasive text?
💡 Hint: Think about what advertisers often want you to do.
Name one type of audience for children's books.
💡 Hint: Consider who would be interested in fun stories.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the primary purpose of an editorial?
💡 Hint: Consider the nature of opinion writing.
True or False: All texts have a single purpose.
💡 Hint: Think about how some texts might inform and persuade at the same time.
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Challenge Problems
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Analyze a political speech and explain how it uses rhetorical devices to reach its intended audience.
💡 Hint: Identify specific phrases that trigger feelings or appeal to credibility.
Compare a formal research paper with a blog post on the same topic. What conventions are different?
💡 Hint: Consider the differences in voice and presentation style.
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