Grammar and Language Workbook

302 Grammar and Language Workbook, Grade 6

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Composition

7.That cap is radical, man. (Rewrite as a statement to a teacher.) Your cap is really nice.

8.Send me some stuff about Egyptian mummies. (Rewrite for a letter to the head of the

education department at a natural history museum.) Could you please send any printed

information you have about Egyptian mummies?

Exercise 2 Write the purpose of each of the following types of writing: to inform, to

persuade, to entertain, or to create a work of art.Some items may have more than one

purpose.

a retelling of a funny scene from a movie to entertain, to inform

1. an account of what happens during one scene of a play to inform


2. a short story about a frog-jumping contest to entertain


3. several paragraphs in which the speaker pretends to be a speck of dust to create a work
   of art


4. a speech you will read to a community group about why your school needs more
   classrooms to persuade


5. a riddle to entertain


6. a note giving instructions on where to find a hidden object to inform


7. a review of a movie to inform, to persuade


8. a letter to a college that is sent along with an application to persuade


9. a poem about a historical event to create a work of art, to inform


10. a composition comparing funny jokes and jokes that aren’t funny to inform, to persuade


11. a report on how different animals hibernate to inform


12. an announcement in a magazine about a writing contest to inform


13. an editorial in the school paper about student safety at school to persuade


14. a newspaper article about last Friday’s basketball game to inform


15. a paragraph written for a parent explaining why the writer should get a larger
    allowance to persuade


16. a speech made by a candidate for mayor to persuade