Question

Read the prompt. Your class has decided to vote on which historical figures where most influential. Give a multimedia presentation to your class arguing why your subject was an important and influential figure. Adapt your essay into a presentation that includes engaging visual elements and strong evidence that supports your position.

According to the prompt, what is the implied purpose of the presentation?
A) to inform
B) to educate
C) to entertain
D) to persuade

Answer 1

D. To persuade
The person presenting is trying to argue their point and convince the others of your stance

Answer 2

The correct answer is D. To persuade

Step-by-step explanation:

In writing and also in presentations and speeches, the purpose refers to the objective the author or speaker has when delivering a presentation or writing a text or what she or he expects to achieve with the audience. Additionally, this purpose depends on the type of content and the reason why the presentation or text is created, common purposes include to entertain that aim at amusing the audience; to educate or inform that aim at explaining a topic and to persuade that aims at convincing the audience and proving one's point This means, in the case of the prompt provide in which you are asked to create an essay and a presentation in which the topic is the most influential historical figures and your goal is to support your position and convince your classmates of the reasons why the historical figure you chose was influential the purpose is to persuade.