Understand the requirement
Understand the requirement
The purpose of writing is what the writer aims to achieve for the reader, such as informing, persuading or entertaining. Narrating and describing are ways of writing that can help achieve a purpose: a writer might narrate events to entertain or describe a place to inform.
Step-by-step lessons on Edexcel A IGCSE English Language 3.4.4 Purpose of the writing. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Start with unseen reading comprehension and analysis before moving on to the more demanding transactional and imaginative writing tasks.