Author's Purpose

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What is the definition of Author's Purpose?

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Why a reading passage was written

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What are the three reasons an author would write? Options: Persuade, Inform, Electrify; Persuade, Inform, Educate; Perform, Infer, Entertain; Persuade, Inform, Entertain

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Persuade, Inform, Entertain

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The big question with author's purpose is... WHAT? WHEN? WHY? HOW?

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WHY?

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When asked the big question, why, we are trying to figure out what message the author is trying to get across to the reader.

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True

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Persuade means...

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Make people agree with you

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When the author is informing, they are really trying to...

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give you new information and teach you facts.

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When an author is writing to entertain they are trying to get the reader to...

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enjoy

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Which of the following is NOT an example of entertain? Commercials, Movies, Novels, Plays

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Commercials

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Which of the following is NOT an example of inform? Documentaries, News Articles, Poems, Textbooks

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Poems

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Which of the following is NOT an example of persuade? Advertisements, Commercials, Speech

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Biographies