A text's purpose is what it aims to achieve, while its audience is who it addresses.
A notice may instruct visitors; a review may evaluate a product; an advertisement may persuade customers.
Several purposes can coexist, so explain which seems dominant and support the choice with wording or structure.
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Please keep the gate closed: an instruction for users of the gate.
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A beginners’ guide explains terms that an expert report can assume.
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A text's purpose is what it aims to achieve, while its audience is who it addresses. A notice may instruct visitors; a review may evaluate a product; an advertisement may persuade customers. Several purposes can coexist, so explain which seems dominant and support the choice with wording or structure. Audience affects what a writer explains, assumes, and emphasises. A technical term might be helpful for specialists but confusing for beginners. Avoid the empty claim that a text is for everyone when its specific details suggest a more precise readership.
A useful reading response moves from a clear claim to a precise piece of evidence and then to an explanation. Return to the exact part of the text before deciding. Short evidence is usually easier to analyse than a long copied passage. Keep the wording of the question in mind so that an accurate observation also becomes a relevant answer.
At Stage 5, apply this skill across fiction, information, and personal writing. Consider how a different audience might need a different explanation or detail. A strong response is independent enough to make sense without the teacher supplying missing context. Use precise examples, then explain how the language helps create the intended meaning.
වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.
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A summary selects the information relevant to a stated focus and expresses it concisely.
Start by identifying the focus, then collect distinct points.
Remove repeated examples, decorative description, and personal opinion unless the task specifically needs them.
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Several examples of transport delays can be condensed to transport disruption.
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Some routes closed is not the same as all routes closed.
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A summary selects the information relevant to a stated focus and expresses it concisely. Start by identifying the focus, then collect distinct points. Remove repeated examples, decorative description, and personal opinion unless the task specifically needs them. Combine related ideas and use your own wording where you can do so accurately. Shorter is not automatically better: an answer that loses an essential condition changes the meaning. A final check should ask whether the response includes the key information, excludes irrelevant detail, and respects the specified length.
A useful reading response moves from a clear claim to a precise piece of evidence and then to an explanation. Return to the exact part of the text before deciding. Short evidence is usually easier to analyse than a long copied passage. Keep the wording of the question in mind so that an accurate observation also becomes a relevant answer.
At Stage 5, apply this skill across fiction, information, and personal writing. Consider how a different audience might need a different explanation or detail. A strong response is independent enough to make sense without the teacher supplying missing context. Use precise examples, then explain how the language helps create the intended meaning.
වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.
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Decide what evidence would help answer it, then choose sources whose authorship, date, purpose, and methods can be checked.
A useful source may still have limitations or a particular viewpoint.
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A dated official notice is useful for a current opening time.
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A five-person class survey cannot represent every learner in the country.
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Research begins with a focused question. Decide what evidence would help answer it, then choose sources whose authorship, date, purpose, and methods can be checked. A useful source may still have limitations or a particular viewpoint. Keep notes that separate a direct quotation from your own summary, and record where each idea came from. Compare important claims with another appropriate source. When presenting findings, explain what the evidence shows and where uncertainty remains instead of turning a small sample into a claim about everyone.
A useful reading response moves from a clear claim to a precise piece of evidence and then to an explanation. Return to the exact part of the text before deciding. Short evidence is usually easier to analyse than a long copied passage. Keep the wording of the question in mind so that an accurate observation also becomes a relevant answer.
At Stage 5, apply this skill across fiction, information, and personal writing. Consider how a different audience might need a different explanation or detail. A strong response is independent enough to make sense without the teacher supplying missing context. Use precise examples, then explain how the language helps create the intended meaning.
වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.
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