Headline: "New York bombing: Investigators search for suspects, motive" What is the purpose?

To inform the reader about a recent tragic event

"No country has ever become happy through victory in war." who is most likely audience?

People with decision-making power

"Obama: Would be 'personal insult' to legacy if black voters don't back Clinton"

To report on a recent quote from President Obama

Roethlisberger throws 3 touchdown passes as Steelers beat Bengals, 24-16

To inform readers about a recent football game

"Eben Britton Says He Played in 3 NFL Games 'Stoned' After Smoking Marijuana" Purpose?

To show the prevalence of marijuana in professional sports

Show that congress does not care about gun violence

Which statement BEST supports Gandhi's peaceful position?

We will gladly die and will not so much as touch you

"that moment is right in front of our faces, as near to us as our screens." What's the purpose?

To convince the reader of the power of social media

Why does understanding purpose matter?

It helps readers gain deeper understandings of a text

To highlight the hypocrisy of one political candidate

"it took major infrastructure to live-tweet what was going on in the Jim Crow South." Purpose?

To help readers see past challenge communication challenges

As Trump rises in battleground states, Clinton moves to block his path

To inform readers of clinton's plan to win important states

"Viral photo shows the face of heroin crisis America needs to see"

To highlight a picture and show the tragedy of Heroin

"He has to be prepared to die himself suffering all the pain." What is Gandhi's purpose here.

show leaders the price that he is willing to go for justice

"Review: The iPhone 7 makes a splash." Purpose

To share a positive review of the new iPhone

"one way is to smash the head of person" What is the purpose of this phrase?

To help the reader see how gruesome violence can be

Why Trump doesn't want you to see his tax returns

To show the possible negative contents of Trumps taxes

Love: The best tool for combating hate

persuade readers that love is the best way to change things

"Colin Kaepernick creates friction in hometown"

To inform people of the different reactions to an athlete

Driverless technology will eliminate millions of jobs

persuade readers to fight new technology that hurts workers

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1
Headline: "New York bombing: Investigators search for suspects, motive" What is the purpose?
To entertain readers with a breaking news story
To detail the work of crime scene investigations
To help readers understand the danger of bombings
To inform the reader about a recent tragic event
2
"No country has ever become happy through victory in war." who is most likely audience?
Teacehers
People with decision-making power
Poor people
People in other countries
3
"We will never comply with your arbitrary laws." Who is the "you?"
The police
Gandhi's friends
The people in his neighborhood
The government
4
"Obama: Would be 'personal insult' to legacy if black voters don't back Clinton"
To encourage people to vote for Hillary
To insult Donald Trump
To persuade people not to vote for a candidate.
To report on a recent quote from President Obama
5
Roethlisberger throws 3 touchdown passes as Steelers beat Bengals, 24-16
To inform readers about a recent football game
To entertain readers with a football story
To persuade readers the football is a dangerous sport
To inform readers of one player's stats for a game
6
"Eben Britton Says He Played in 3 NFL Games 'Stoned' After Smoking Marijuana" Purpose?
To highlight the effects of using marijuana in sports
To show the prevalence of marijuana in professional sports
To help readers feel badly for his possible addiction
To make readers laugh about he easy football is to play
7
What is the purpose?
Show that congress does not care about gun violence
show that President Obama does not care about gun violence
To entertain the reader with a joke.
To show how much people care about 9/11
8
Which statement BEST supports Gandhi's peaceful position?
if you wish to strike at us from behind,we cannot permit it.
No clapping is possible without two hands to do it
When we are not subjects, you are not the sovereign either.
We will gladly die and will not so much as touch you
9
"that moment is right in front of our faces, as near to us as our screens." What's the purpose?
To entertain the reader with new information
To open up a new conversation about cyber bullying
to show the reader a new way to communicate
To convince the reader of the power of social media
10
Why does understanding purpose matter?
It helps readers learn about the author
It helps readers gain deeper understandings of a text
It gives us something boring to do in English Class
11
"To Smash the head of the person who perpetrates injustice." Which word seems harsh?
Head
smash
Person
Injustice
12
Purpose?
To show how small donald trump's hand are
To explain why Hillary should be disqualified
To highlight the hypocrisy of one political candidate
To help people who like comics understand elections
13
"it took major infrastructure to live-tweet what was going on in the Jim Crow South." Purpose?
To understand how twitter works for social justice.
To help readers see past challenge communication challenges
To show how important twitter was in the jim crow south
To teach the reader about an important time in history
14
As Trump rises in battleground states, Clinton moves to block his path
To inform readers of clinton's plan to win important states
To show that Hillary Clinton is fighting a battle
Clinton is trying to cut off trumps tour so he has to stop
15
"Viral photo shows the face of heroin crisis America needs to see"
To highlight a picture and show the tragedy of Heroin
To entertain people with a picture
To encourage people to sign up for social media
To inform people about the statistics surrounding heroin
16
"He has to be prepared to die himself suffering all the pain." What is Gandhi's purpose here.
To convince others to be more violent
To make people angry
To help others see that people are dying
show leaders the price that he is willing to go for justice
17
"Review: The iPhone 7 makes a splash." Purpose
To share a positive review of the new iPhone
An article trying to convince you to buy iPhones.
a humorous story about how the writer dropped his phone
A negative review of a phone that does not work in water
18
"one way is to smash the head of person" What is the purpose of this phrase?
To anger the reader by talking about violence
To teach the reader about injustice
To help the reader see how gruesome violence can be
To entertain the reader with a violent story
19
Why Trump doesn't want you to see his tax returns
To inform readers that trump is not showing his tax returns.
To make people laugh
To show the possible negative contents of Trumps taxes
20
Love: The best tool for combating hate
to challenge people's beliefs that hate is good.
persuade readers that love is the best way to change things
an informational article about love
Talk about the benefits of marriage to end hate
21
"Colin Kaepernick creates friction in hometown"
To question the reason for an athletes protest
To persuade people to support an athlete in protest
To inform people of police brutality
To inform people of the different reactions to an athlete
22
Driverless technology will eliminate millions of jobs
To persuade readers to use driverless cars
persuade readers to fight new technology that hurts workers
To make money for UBER
To inform readers about an excited new tech innovation

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