Writing about something with the purpose of proving or disproving, clarifying, reviewing, or judging its merits is writing intended to "inform" since it seeks the truth. Of course "inform" and "persuade" go hand-in-hand quite frequently.
This is true bc that is how you identify pessimism
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a laugh
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a single word or phrase
an outpouring of emotion
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