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

You want to persuade someone to be careful with hot peppers. Persuade means get someone to do something or believe something. What should you write?

Her face turned red, so it was too late!

She had eaten the hot pepper on her plate.

Both sweet and hot peppers need warm weather and a lot of water to grow.

Wear gloves whenever you handle a hot pepper. It can hurt to get pepper oil on your skin or in your eyes.

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You want to entertain someone with a rhyme about coconut milk. Entertain means give someone something to enjoy. What should you write?

For delicious meals, cook with Aloha Coconut Milk. It gives your food a great taste, and it's good for you, too!

Cow's milk may taste really yummy, but coconut milk is good for my tummy.

You can make coconut milk by soaking pieces of coconut in hot water. You can also buy coconut milk in cans.

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You can write for different purposes, or reasons.

For example, you might write to inform, or give the reader information about a topic:

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 or believe 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 give the reader something to enjoy:

What is the smartest insect? The spelling bee.

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

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This is the best choice to entertain someone with a rhyme about coconut milk:

green checkmark, Cow's milk may taste really yummy, but coconut milk is good for my tummy.

The reader could enjoy this. It is a poem about two kinds of milk.

These are not the best choices:

red X symbol, For delicious meals, cook with Aloha Coconut Milk. It gives your food a great taste, and it's good for you, too!

This is meant to persuade someone.

red X symbol, You can make coconut milk by soaking pieces of coconut in hot water. You can also buy coconut milk in cans.

This is meant to inform someone.

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