Katey W. answered • 02/05/20
M.Ed. in English with 19+ Years of Teaching Experience
Hello,
I believe what you are asking deals with understanding an author’s purpose; is that right? If so, you can remember the three overall areas with the acronym PIE. Persuade, Inform and Entertain. What’s important is to know what each means in a generalized way. The basic definitions of each are:
P – persuade: tries to convince you to do or not do something.
I – inform: to teach or provide facts and ‘true’ information.
E – entertain: to bring about emotions based on being entertained, this is supposed to lean toward fiction (remember entertaining doesn’t stick to a positive connotation – people are entertained through so many emotions).
Looking at the article and overall definitions it leans heavily as informative. There is mention briefly at the end of her using the platforms that hurt her so much in a good way to help others; yet, that is only briefly mentioned. I’ve always taught that quite often more than one is used in the same piece of writing. If you are only to choose one, I’d say informative, but if you are allowed to express that often there is crossover, I would recommend to inform and entertain (you could argue it is actually all three).
I hope this helps! Good luck!
