Purpose

Narratives

• Narratives can be used as the grounds for explaining current attitudes and opinions.
• A narrative ending can communicate the speaker's purpose in telling the story
  • "Yesterday, what I did I have spoken."
  • "The wanbel we did I have spoke."
  • "We're wondering if these guys are the same."
  • "The work I did this morning I have spoken and it is done."
• Quotes of characters in the story are prominent and can be used to express the speaker's opinion, and thus be an insight to the purpose of the text.

Hortatory

• Exhortations show speaker purpose.
• Future tense verbs describing desired actions shows speaker purpose.