What is the purpose of 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
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
Why is this car insurance company giving away a brand new car?
To help customers to replace cars more than 6 years old
To persuade you to take out car insurance with this company
To help customers afford a new car
To persuade customers to have environmentally-friendly cars
What type of text would you need to use to tell someone how to wire a plug?
What feature of persuasive text is not used in this text?
Capital letters
Exclamation marks
Humour
Rhetorical questions
What is the purpose of the following passage of text?
To inform the reader that bleeding needs to be controlled
To describe the scene of an accident
To persuade the reader to attend a First Aid course
To instruct you on what to do if you come across an accident
Why might a personal loan company include the following line in their advertisement?
To persuade you to take out a loan for £5 000
To inform you that your loan application will be accepted
To describe the range of services offered by the company
Which of the following are not normally used in descriptive texts?
Adjectives
Adverbs
Step by step action to be taken by the reader
Comparisons to enable the reader to picture something
Which of the following is not a piece of text?
An email
A newspaper article
A portrait
An advertisement
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