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EXERCISE
1 C hoose the purpose, tone, and audience for the following paragraph.
The funniest thing happened to me this weekend! Let me tell you about it.
I went to the supermarket with my mom. We were walking and talking. I wasn’t
paying attention to what was ahead of me. I ran into a shelf full of boxes and
knocked them all down! My mom and I cleaned it up together.
a. Purpose? (To inform / To entertain / To persuade )
b. Tone? ( Excited / Angry / Serious )
c. Audience? (Teacher / Friends / Parents )
2 W rite an interesting story or statement for the paragraph below.
The United States has the highest number of homeless people in the world.
No other country comes close. A country with so much money should help the
homeless.
a. It’s hard to imagine not having a home.
b.
3 C onnect with your audience! Write a question about the paragraph below.
Soccer was invented in the late 1800s. It became popular very quickly. By 1908,
it was an Olympic sport.Today, it is the most popular sport in the world.
a. Do you know when people started soccer?
b.
54 ✷ Part I
1 C hoose the purpose, tone, and audience for the following paragraph.
The funniest thing happened to me this weekend! Let me tell you about it.
I went to the supermarket with my mom. We were walking and talking. I wasn’t
paying attention to what was ahead of me. I ran into a shelf full of boxes and
knocked them all down! My mom and I cleaned it up together.
a. Purpose? (To inform / To entertain / To persuade )
b. Tone? ( Excited / Angry / Serious )
c. Audience? (Teacher / Friends / Parents )
2 W rite an interesting story or statement for the paragraph below.
The United States has the highest number of homeless people in the world.
No other country comes close. A country with so much money should help the
homeless.
a. It’s hard to imagine not having a home.
b.
3 C onnect with your audience! Write a question about the paragraph below.
Soccer was invented in the late 1800s. It became popular very quickly. By 1908,
it was an Olympic sport.Today, it is the most popular sport in the world.
a. Do you know when people started soccer?
b.
54 ✷ Part I
