The document discusses different text types and their purposes. It identifies the purposes of an emergency manual, advertisement, book, recipe, birthday card, dictionary, poem, fairy tale, and letter as being to instruct, persuade, describe, instruct, inform, inform, describe, persuade, and inform respectively. The document analyzes each text type and identifies whether its main purpose is to instruct, persuade, describe, or inform.
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Text types assesment
1. Text Types Camila Villalobos Paulina Escobar Javier Fuentealba Ingrid Bello
2. Emergency Manual The purpose of this text type is to tell people what they have to do in case of fire, by giving instructions. Purpose: Instruct
3. Add The person that create this add is trying to persuade people of drink and drive, because is dangerous to the community. Purpose: Persuade
4. Book The author is trying to describe a story with places, colors, landscapes through the book, so people can imagine what he is thinking. Purpose: describe
5. Recipe The purpose of the author is to instruct people how to prepare a dish. Purpose: Instruct
6. Birthday card The purpose of this birthday card is to inform that the person is invited to a surprise party, the place and the time of the event. Purpose: Inform
7. Dictionary The purpose of the dictionary is to inform people by showing the definition of words. Purpose: Inform
8. Poem The purpose of a poem is to describe the emotions of the author about something or someone. Purpose: Describe
9. Fairy Tale The purpose of this fairy tale is to persuade children of not talking with strangers or bad things can happen just like Little red riding hood. Purpose: Persuade
10. Letter The purpose of this letter is to inform the reader that his family is with the writer of the letter. Purpose: Inform