Instructions: Below are some specific purposes for writing. Drag them into the table below according to their general purposes and then check your answers.

Objects to move

  • to amuse
  • to frighten
  • to arouse emotions
  • to appeal to imagination and fantasy
  • to clarify
  • to analyse
  • to explain
  • to report information needed for decision-making
  • to evaluate activities
  • to introduce a new area of knowledge
  • to give instructions
  • to present the results of research
  • to sell something
  • to argue for specific action to be taken
  • to weaken an opponent’s argument
  • to raise questions
  • to criticise
  • to present one’s interpretations of research results

To entertain

    To inform

      To persuade