Read the following passage, which is modeled after an encyclopedia entry about tortillas. a tortilla is a round flatbread that appears in most mexican dishes, including tacos, enchiladas, and tostadas. tortillas are made with cornmeal or sometimes wheat flour. traditionally, the corn or wheat grains are ground on a stone. next, the meal from these grains is formed into small pieces of dough and patted into thin circles by hand. finally, the tortilla is baked on a griddle. today, tortilla dough is usually mixed by machine, flattened into shape, and passed on a conveyor belt to cook over a flame. tortillas can be purchased at most major grocery stores. which best describes the purpose of this passage?

The purpose of this passage is to provide instructions on how to make tortillas; therefore it is an instructive type of text. One of the most common types of instructive texts is recipes. Recipes indicate step by step how to make a specific food. In this example, we can see how sequence connectors “next” and “finally” add cohesion to the text and relates the previous step with the other.

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it's a way for authors to communicate with reader in this time period. books from the past can teach us about life.