Question

Authors who write to persuade wants to make their readers
Enjoy reading the text they have written
Feel a certain way about a to
Understand how something works
Want to find out more about the topic

Answer 1

Correct choices:
- Feel a certain way about a topic — yes. Persuasive writers try to influence readers’ attitudes, beliefs, or emotions.
- Want to find out more about the topic — sometimes. Persuasion often aims to spark further interest or motivate readers to act or learn more.

Not correct for persuasive writing’s primary purpose:
- Enjoy reading the text they have written — that’s mainly an aim of entertaining or stylistic writing, not the main goal of persuasion.
- Understand how something works — that’s the goal of expository/informational writing.

(Another common persuasive aim: get readers to take a specific action or accept a viewpoint.)