- To Entertain - To Explain - To Find Out - To Recount - To Describe

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- To Entertain - To Explain - To Find Out - To Recount - To Describe Eg. narratives, poetry - To Find Out Eg. surveys, interviews, questionnaires - To Describe Eg. reports, menus, blurbs, descriptions - To Persuade Eg. arguments, reviews, job applications, advertisements - To Explain Eg. reports, rules - To Recount Eg. biographies, journal entries, retellings, reports - To Socialise Eg. personal letters, notes, emails, messages, invitations - To Instruct Eg. directions, instructions, recipes

- To Entertain Eg. narratives, poetry, fairytales, song lyrics, jokes

- To Find Out Eg. surveys, interviews, questionnaires

- To Persuade Eg. arguments, job applications, advertisements, reviews, letters of complaint, editorials

- To Explain Eg. reports, rules

- To Recount Eg. biographies, journal entries, retellings, review

- To Socialise Eg. personal letters, notes, emails, messages, invitations

- To Instruct Eg. directions, instructions, recipes, experiments

- To Describe Eg. reports, menus, blurbs, descriptions

Before you write you should always know… WHY YOU ARE WRITING!

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