Author's Purpose: Inform, Persuade, Instruct or Entertain
Professor Hoot the owl explains the four main reasons authors write: to inform, persuade, instruct or entertain. Spot the clues in a seaside advert (talking to "you", exclamation marks, the best of everything) that show it wants to persuade, then identify the purpose of some instructions yourself.
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