Question

What would the author's purpose be in the passage in the following screenshot? To entertain, to express, to inform, or to persuade?

Answer 1

So, do you think this exempt is informational?

Answer 2

As in, does it help you learn something new?

Answer 3

well I know it's not to persuade, but I think it's an entertaining story, rather than learning about real facts or events

Answer 4

but I don't know if it might be to express

Answer 5

to entertain? Because I think it's a little too informal for informing, and it shows opinions of OTHER people, not the author himself

Answer 6

Why don't you think it's pursuade?

Answer 7

Persuade wouldn't be a great choice because persuading is trying to get somebody to believe in something, in this exempt it sounds pretty non fictional.

Answer 8

I don't see any persuasive words like "should" or "must", and most importantly, it's not in first person like it should be in for persuade

Answer 9

Exactly, so with this information being provided to you. What is your final answer?

Answer 10

there's one thing that's stopping me from saying inform. It just doesn't sound like something like a news article with the informal language toward the end, but entertaining would be more informal, so that will be my final answer

Answer 11

I think inform would be your best choice.

Answer 12

I agree with duke

Answer 13

i agree with @kingpizza

Answer 14

I think it might be entertain, I feel like unless you don't know what a earthquake is, it's not really informing you.

Answer 15

yea because informing would be telling you information about what happened

Answer 16

it also doesn't contain many characters, so I almost chose the expressive purpose

Answer 17

actually when I think about it, it does express an opinion (reaction) that the residents should not lose hope during an earthquake if they all survive