Author's Purpose

Author's Purpose

Today's Objectives

• Review author's purpose

• examine some examples of author's purpose

• quiz to practice finding author's purpose

Author's Purpose

• The reason why the author writes a story

• Easy as PIE!

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

Easy As PIE

• Acronym to remember three reasons why an author writes a story

• P-Persuade

• I-Inform

• E-Entertain

P-Persuade

• The author is trying to convince someone to do something, to buy something, to think a certain way

• Often the author is giving their opinion about something

• examples

• TV commercials

• Sales paper

I-Inform

• The author gives you facts about something

• examples

• Newspaper article

• Documentary about becoming a astronaut

• Facts about something from history

E-Entertain

• The author wants to tell you an interesting story

• It appeals to you emotions

• Can be sad, funny, silly, boring, etc

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Let's Review

Multiple Choice

What is the acronym for author's Purpose?

• PIE

• PIL

• IPA

Multiple Choice

When the author is trying to convince you to do something, he is using which author's purpose?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

Multiple Choice

When the author is telling you a sad story about his favorite dog, the purpose is

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

Multiple Choice

When the author gives you facts about the city of Valley he is using which purpose?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

Now

Let's review some examples

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of the author providing information on the local school?

• Newspaper article

• comic book

• sales paper

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of the author trying to persuade you of something?

• An advertisement for 50% off milkshakes

• An article on facts from history

• A story on a swimming cat

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of the author telling an entertaining story?

• A TV show on the life of an elephant

• A TV show on an alien from outer space

• ATV show on the life of Helen Keller

What you have learned

• Author's purpose

• As easy as PIE

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

Let's Review

Answer the following questions based on information from the story.

What's the author's purpose?

Inform

What's the author's purpose?

Inform

What's the author's purpose

Entertain

What's the author's purpose?

Persuade

Open Ended

Write a short story persuading me to buy hot cocoa.

Open Ended

Write a short paragraph informing me about the importance of family.

Brainstorm

Open Ended

Write an entertaining short story about baking.