Match each excerpt to its most logical primary purpose.

instructional
descriptive
narrative

1) After a day of hiking through the woods, we set up a camp near a small stream. As the sun set, we gathered around the campfire to make a modest dinner. "Who has a ghost story to tell?" Heather asked, filling up our plates with lumpy macaroni and cheese. "Oh come on," Mina laughed. "Aren’t we a little old for ghost stories?" "I have one," Nicole said. "It's about an old man who used to live in a cabin in this part of the woods. Only this isn’t a made-up story."

2) Have you ever wanted to visit the exciting rain forests of South America or Asia? Now you can bring a rain forest into your home. Follow these easy steps to make your own rain forest. (Please read the instructions BEFORE you gather your materials.)

3) We lay our blanket on the ground and sit down to watch the hot air balloons launch. The morning air hovers around 45 degrees. The pilots inflate the balloons with warm air, which causes them to rise. The people watching start to whistle and cheer at the beauty of the colorful dots rising against the backdrop of the azure sky.

1) Narrative text: A narrative is a story told by a narrator, it has characters, a plot, and events. The story can be finctional or non-finctional and is told in a specific order. In this case, the story is narrating a day camp.

2) Instructional text: an instructional text provides instructions and clear steps in order to complete a task or assemble a product. It may include pictures to better help the reader understand the steps. In this case, the text is providing instructions how to make a rain forest.

3) Descriptive text: the objective of this type of text is to describe in detail a person or place. It uses mainly adjectives and present verb tense. In this case, the text is describing an event.