IXL | Choose the text that matches the writer's purpose

You want to inform someone about one way to recycle bottles and cans. Inform means teach. What should you write?

Please recycle all your empty bottles and cans. Do your part to help our planet!

To recycle your bottles and cans, put them in the blue recycle bin. Be sure to wash them out with water first.

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You want to persuade someone to buy a new pillow. Persuade means get someone to do something. What should you write?

You will enjoy the best sleep of your life with a Puffy Poof pillow!

Some pillows are filled with feathers from geese.

You can write for different purposes, or reasons.

For example, you might write to inform, or teach the reader something:

Elephants often cover themselves with sand so they don't get sunburned.

This tells a fact about elephants. The purpose is to inform the reader about elephants.

You might write to persuade, or get the reader to do something:

Buy Shiny Teeth Toothpaste! It will give you the cleanest smile and the freshest breath.

This tells why Shiny Teeth Toothpaste is good. The purpose is to persuade the reader to buy Shiny Teeth Toothpaste.

You might also write to entertain, or make something fun for the reader:

Where do cows go for fun? They go to the moo-vies!

This tells a funny joke. The purpose is to entertain the reader.

This is the best choice to persuade someone to buy a new pillow:

green checkmark, You will enjoy the best sleep of your life with a Puffy Poof pillow!

It gives a reason to buy a Puffy Poof pillow. You will sleep well.

This is not the best choice:

red X symbol, Some pillows are filled with feathers from geese.

This is meant to inform someone.

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