Author's Purpose and POV Vocabulary

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What is the author's purpose?

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The main reason the author writes the text.

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What is bias?

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When the author clearly favors one side over the other.

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What is informational text?

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Text that the author writes in order to teach the reader something.

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What is persuasive text?

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Text that the author writes in order to get the reader to support their position.

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Explanatory text

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Text that the author writes in order to provide the reader with step-by-step method or process.

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Does all nonfiction text contain bias?

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False

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What is the main reason an author writes a text? Options: to inform, embrace, or persuade; to persuade, explain or inform; to inform, persuade or entertain; just because they want to.

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to persuade, explain or inform.

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The author wants to teach the reader by using facts, details, information about events and people.

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An Informational purpose

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The author will include facts and information that support their opinion.

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Persuasive purpose

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The text helps the reader understand how a process works or what the procedure requires to do, create, or complete something.

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An Explanatory purpose