Guided Practice 3.1 Lesson

Guided Practice 3.1 Lesson

Author's Purpose

Author's Purpose

When authors sit down to write, they need to know why they are writing and what they hope to accomplish; this is the author’s purpose. Learning to recognize and identify the reason an author writes will help you understand the text and what the author hopes you get out of it.

Fiction Vs. Nonfiction

• Fiction: made up stories usually with characters and a plot

• Nonfiction: text made up of facts

^{Determining author's purpose is an important skill to learn and it helps to look at the genre.}

• If the genre is fiction, generally the literary text is to entertain. Novels, plays, poetry, and short stories are written to entertain.

• If the genre is nonfiction, the author most likely wants to inform. Biographies, autobiographies, encyclopedias, newspaper articles, directions, and recipes are nonfiction.

• Persuasive texts try to convince the reader to believe a certain way or agree with an opinion. Advertisements on television, radio stations, or in magazines are informational texts authors use to persuade. *There is a call to action*

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Multiple Choice

What genre is normally associated with Persuade and Inform?

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

Multiple Select

What text structures would work best with Persuade?

• cause and effect

• chronological order

• problem and solution

Multiple Choice

Diary of a Wimpy Kid, I Survived, Five Nights at Freddy's, and graphic novels are most likely written to

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

Although a reader may find a story on the sports page entertaining, its genre would be nonfiction. That is why you learn to look at the text from the author’s perspective. The acronym PIE is a helpful tool for distinguishing between author's purpose.

P stands for persuade, I stands for inform, and

E stands for entertain.

Multiple Choice

What are the three main reasons why authors write?

• Persuade, Introduce, Educate

• Persuade, Inform, Entertain

• Personalize, Inform, Entertain

Stated Purpose vs. Implied Purpose

• Stated Purpose is when the author explains their reason for writing the text; look at the beginning paragraphs

• The text structure will sometimes clue you into the purpose: Informative texts will have a different text structure than narrative texts

• Informative texts will be formatted in cause and effect relationships, problem and solution, compare and contrast, and sequence of events. Most will have a stated purpose.

• Implied Purpose is when the reader uses clues that the author provides to figure out the purpose. Most fiction stories are written with implied purpose.

Multiple Choice

True or False: Implied author's purpose cannot be figured out because the author doesn't tell you why they wrote.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What is the author's purpose for Excerpt from Breakfast Dainties

by Thomas J. Murrey?

• Inform

• Persuade

• Entertain

Multiple Choice

What is the author's purpose for this passage?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

Multiple Choice

If the text is a made up story with a plot and characters the author's purpose is most likely to

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

^{Amelia Earhart was one of the first female pilots in the world. In 1937, she decided to fly around the world. In March of that year, she flew to Hawaii with fellow pilot Paul Mantz to begin this flight. Earhart lost control of the plane on takeoff, however, and the plane had to be sent to the factory for repairs. In June, she went to Miami to again begin a flight around the world, this time with Fred Noonan as her navigator. The pair made it to New Guinea in 21 days, even though Earhart was tired and ill. During the next leg of the trip, they departed New Guinea for Howland Island, a tiny island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. July 2, 1937, was the last time Earhart and Noonan communicated with a nearby Coast Guard ship. They were never heard from again. What do you think happened?}

Multiple Choice

How can you tell this text was written to inform?

• The compare and contrast text structure persuades the reader that Amelia Earhart was not a very good pilot

• The problem and solution text structure builds tension and captivates the reader's imagination.

• The sequential text structure teaches the reader about Amelia Earhart's life.

• The cause and effect text structure highlights the many factors that led to Amelia Earhart's death

Multiple Choice

The author's purpose for writing The Guinness Book of World Records is to

• persuade you to set a record.

• inform you of the different records that have been set.

• entertain you with all the different crazy things people have done.

• explain how you can set a record.

• describe what people go through to set a record.

Poll

What is the purpose of the book you are reading?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain