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| The Titanic took three years to build. It was the largest thing ever set in motion. | inform |
| In April 1912 Titanic left England for NYC. This ship’s owner and captain wanted it to set a speed record. | inform |
| The Titanic had four giant smokestacks and was four city blocks long and 11 stories high. It could carry 3,500 people. | inform |
| The author/narrator wants the reader to believe something, feel a certain way, agree or disagree, or do something | persuade |
| A story about a family trying to stick together and survive through the Great Depression in the Midwest in the 1930s | entertain |
| A section in a history book describing the conditions and causes of the Great Depression in the Midwest in the 1930s | inform |
| An instructional booklet describing how to operate an MP3 player | inform |
| An article where the author argues that an IPOD music player is better than a ZUNE | persuade |
| A poem about why the IPOD is the greatest consumer electronic device ever made | entertain |
| The story of a young athlete who takes steroids and his life and future fall apart | entertain |
| A medical report describing the effects of steroids on the human body | inform |
| A speech written by Jose Canseco listing the negative effects of steroids and urging young athletes to not use steroids | persuade |
| A booklet containing the school rules and the consequences for violating those rules | inform |
| A story written about a young boy who moves to a new school and is bullied, but he gains self-confidence by joining a sports team and learns to stand up for himself. | entertain |
| A pamphlet urging people not to eat animals or use products made from animals or animal suffering because the author thinks that is cruel and unnecessary | persuade |
| A book of over 1,000 knock-knock jokes | entertain |
| A cook book containing recipes for making cakes, cookies, and other desserts | inform |
| The story of a young woman who, after the death of her grandfather, quit her job in the business world and returned home to help her aging grandmother | entertain |
| A politician’s speech about how health insurance should be provided to all families | persuade |
| A poem about a “packrat,” a person who refuses to throw things away, even things that most people would consider garbage | entertain |
