appeals meant to persuade you of the writer's point of view, or an apparently serious piece of persuasion may in fact be a humorous text intended mainly to amuse you. There are also times when the question of whether a writer is serious may depend largely on each readers individual philosophy. However, there are some clues that effective readers can watch for to help them identify what kind of writing they're dealing with 1. Informational writing features facts and evidence, not opinions or value judgments. It often contains dates, statistics or other figures, and/or quotes from experts or witnesses. Depending or the subject, the language may include technical jargon, but the vocabulary and sentence structure are often quite simple 2. Persuasive writing features emotional appeals: opinions and arguments(which may be presented as if they were facts, so be careful!); rhetorical questions; evaluating language (good/bad, right/wrong, horrifying/wonderful, etc )and/or judgmental language(must, should, had better, etc.) 3. Texts written mainly to entertain can, of course, be very varied-but they often use rather informal language, simple sentence structure, dialogs, puns and/or figures of speech Lets have a look at an analysis of Passage A and then identify the writer's aim First, the title of the article is "A Rose Is a Rose". At the first glance, you might guess the article is going to be something about love or about some romantic stories as you remember the famous saying, "My love is like a red red rose". Besides, a rose has always been a symbol of love, passion, or affection guess is rejected as it talks about Valentine's Day, the growing, sales and distributions of roses You may also notice that the language in the paragraph is simple in diction and structure Second, when you have read the whole article, you notice that the numbers in it are statistics (mainly prices)and dates. Besides, the quotes are from a director, a rose customer and a rose grower. All these indicate they are facts instead of opinions Third, as the text is featured by statistics, dates, quotes, and simple language, we can say the writer aims to be informational Directions: When you read Passage B, scan it for clues that help you identify the writers aim. Use the questions below to guide your scanning, then decide: Is the text informational, persuasive or meant mainly to entertain? Or does the author have more than one aim? 1. What is the Chunnel? The Chunnel stands for the 31-mile Channel Tunnel, a word made of Ch(annel) and (tunnel 2. What numbers do you see in the text? Are they dates, statistics or something else? The numbers are statistics and dates 3. What quotes do you see in the text? Are they from experts, witnesses, or whom else? There are quotes from one man from London, from a professor of English history, from a newspaper, and from one pessimistic visitor The first paragraph is simple in diction, but a rather long sentence, which is characteristic of journalism. No technical terms are involved in both paragraphs. The last paragraph, simple in structure, gives the reader the impression of uncertainty. The overwhelming the paragraph is"pessimistic". To sum up, as the text is featured by statistics, dates quotes, and a journalist style, the writer aims to be informational Text Analysisappeals meant to persuade you of the writer’s point of view; or an apparently serious piece of persuasion may in fact be a humorous text intended mainly to amuse you. There are also times when the question of whether a writer is serious may depend largely on each reader’s individual philosophy. However, there are some clues that effective readers can watch for to help them identify what kind of writing they’re dealing with: 1. Informational writing features facts and evidence, not opinions or value judgments. It often contains dates, statistics or other figures, and/or quotes from experts or witnesses. Depending on the subject, the language may include technical jargon, but the vocabulary and sentence structure are often quite simple. 2. Persuasive writing features emotional appeals: opinions and arguments (which may be presented as if they were facts, so be careful!); rhetorical questions; evaluating language (good/bad, right/wrong, horrifying/wonderful, etc.) and/or judgmental language (must, should, had better, etc.). 3. Texts written mainly to entertain can, of course, be very varied—but they often use rather informal language, simple sentence structure, dialogs, puns and/or figures of speech. Let’s have a look at an analysis of Passage A and then identify the writer’s aim. First, the title of the article is “A Rose Is a Rose”. At the first glance, you might guess the article is going to be something about love or about some romantic stories as you remember the famous saying, “My love is like a red red rose”. Besides, a rose has always been a symbol of love, passion, or affection. However, when you come to the first paragraph and have gone through it, you know your guess is rejected as it talks about Valentine’s Day, the growing, sales and distributions of roses. You may also notice that the language in the paragraph is simple in diction and structure. Second, when you have read the whole article, you notice that the numbers in it are statistics (mainly prices) and dates. Besides, the quotes are from a director, a rose customer and a rose grower. All these indicate they are facts instead of opinions. Third, as the text is featured by statistics, dates, quotes, and simple language, we can say the writer aims to be informational. Directions:When you read Passage B, scan it for clues that help you identify the writer’s aim. Use the questions below to guide your scanning, then decide: Is the text informational, persuasive or meant mainly to entertain? Or does the author have more than one aim? 1. What is the Chunnel? The Chunnel stands for the 31-mile Channel Tunnel, a word made of Ch(annel) and (T)unnel. 2. What numbers do you see in the text? Are they dates, statistics or something else? The numbers are statistics and dates. 3. What quotes do you see in the text? Are they from experts, witnesses, or whom else? There are quotes from one man from London, from a professor of English history, from a newspaper, and from one pessimistic visitor. The first paragraph is simple in diction, but a rather long sentence, which is characteristic of journalism. No technical terms are involved in both paragraphs. The last paragraph, simple in structure, gives the reader the impression of uncertainty. The overwhelming word in the paragraph is “pessimistic”. To sum up, as the text is featured by statistics, dates, quotes, and a journalist style, the writer aims to be informational. II. Text Analysis