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

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2 - 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, s, messages, invitations - To Instruct Eg. directions, instructions, recipes

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

4 - To Find Out Eg. surveys, interviews, questionnaires

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

6 - To Explain Eg. reports, rules

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

8 - To Socialise Eg. personal letters, notes, s, messages, invitations

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

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

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

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13 Any questions?

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