Text Purpose and Audience
Year 5 students examine how the purpose of a text — to inform, persuade, entertain, or instruct — shapes its structure, language, and how it is aimed at a specific audience.
What You Need to Know
Key Concept Diagram
Every text has a purpose: informative texts teach, persuasive texts convince, narrative texts entertain, and instructional texts direct
Audience refers to the intended readers and affects vocabulary, tone, formality, and examples
The same topic can be written in different ways for different audiences, e.g. a science article vs a picture book
Identifying purpose and audience helps readers critically evaluate what they read
Key Vocabulary
Purpose
The reason a text was written — to inform, persuade, entertain, or instruct
Audience
The people for whom a text is intended; shapes the language and content chosen
Formal language
Professional or official language with complex vocabulary, used in reports and essays
Informal language
Casual, everyday language used in texts aimed at friends or young readers
Knowledge Check
Select the correct answer for each question. Click "Check Answer" to see if you are right.
Question 1
A recipe is an example of a text that aims primarily to:
Question 2
An advertisement uses superlatives like "the BEST and most AMAZING product." The purpose is to:
Question 3
A text uses simple sentences, bright headings, and cartoon pictures. What is the most likely audience?
Key Concepts Summary
- ●Every text has a purpose: informative texts teach, persuasive texts convince, narrative texts entertain, and instructional texts direct
- ●Audience refers to the intended readers and affects vocabulary, tone, formality, and examples
- ●The same topic can be written in different ways for different audiences, e.g. a science article vs a picture book
- ●Identifying purpose and audience helps readers critically evaluate what they read