Identify purpose and audience
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- A text's purpose is what it aims to achieve, while its audience is who it addresses.
- A notice may instruct visitors; a review may evaluate a product; an advertisement may persuade customers.
- Several purposes can coexist, so explain which seems dominant and support the choice with wording or structure.
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Please keep the gate closed: an instruction for users of the gate.
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A text's purpose is what it aims to achieve, while its audience is who it addresses. A notice may instruct visitors; a review may evaluate a product; an advertisement may persuade customers. Several purposes can coexist, so explain which seems dominant and support the choice with wording or structure. Audience affects what a writer explains, assumes, and emphasises. A technical term might be helpful for specialists but confusing for beginners. Avoid the empty claim that a text is for everyone when its specific details suggest a more precise readership.
ලියන්නේ කුමක් කිරීමටද සහ කා වෙනුවෙන්ද යන්න වචන හා අන්තර්ගතයෙන් හඳුනාගන්න. අරමුණු කිහිපයක් තිබුණත් ප්රධාන අරමුණට පාඨයෙන් සාක්ෂි දෙන්න.
A useful reading response moves from a clear claim to a precise piece of evidence and then to an explanation. Return to the exact part of the text before deciding. Short evidence is usually easier to analyse than a long copied passage. Keep the wording of the question in mind so that an accurate observation also becomes a relevant answer.
ප්රශ්නයට ගැළපෙන අදහස ලියා, පාඨයෙන් කෙටි සාක්ෂියක් ගෙන එය ඔබේ පිළිතුරට සම්බන්ධ වන හැටි පැහැදිලි කරන්න.
For 1123 practice, answer the particular reading or writing instruction before adding general knowledge. A short comprehension response, a selective summary, and a developed composition require different amounts of explanation. The examples here are original skill models and do not reproduce a Cambridge paper or its official marking scheme.
වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.
Practise the whole unit and receive a separate answer or model guide.
ඒකකය පුහුණු වීමට වැඩපත්ර සහ වෙනම පිළිතුරු හෝ ආදර්ශ පිළිතුරු මාර්ගෝපදේශයක් ලබාගත හැකිය.
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