The Author's purpose

The Author's purpose

To pursuade, inform or entertain

Poll

Do you enjoy reading?

• yes

• no

Author's purpose

• Is the reason he or she is writing.

• An author's purpose could be to inform, to persuade, or to entertain.

Open Ended

Mr. Frank INFORMED Mrs. Arya, he was be late to class and to start without him"?

To Inform...

The author is providing the audience with facts or instructions.

Multiple Choice

What is the Author's purpose, when they inform the audience?

• To give facts or instructions

• Use evidence to influence

• Uses humor to tell a story.

Open Ended

My kids persuade me to give them a weekly allowance, by showing they are responsible. What do you think persuade means?

Persuade

To convince the reader to agree with the author

The Author uses evidence to influence the audience.

Multiple Choice

To persuade is to...

• uses humor to tell a story.

• Provide the audience with facts or instructions

• Uses evidence to influence the audience.

Open Ended

I entertained the baby by blowing bubbles. What do you think entertain means?

When the Author Entertains they..

uses humor to tell a story.

Multiple Choice

What does entertain mean?

• providing the audience with facts or instructions.

• to humor or vivid imagery to tell a story

• use evidence to influence the audience

How can you find the Author's purpose?

Details in a text can help you to determine the author's purpose.

Looking closely at the supporting details in a text can help you determine the author's purpose.

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of A booklet encouraging students to wash their hands more frequently?

• To inform

• To persuade

• To entertain

What is the purpose?

My dad watched football the entire weekend. I don't think he even took a shower! He also stayed up late on Sunday night to watch an evening game. So on Monday morning, he overslept. When my mom yelled, "Come on, Bob! It's almost seven!" to try to wake him up, he replied, "Which team is winning?"

Multiple Choice

A story about an embarrassing moment that starts out sad but turns out funny

• To entertain

• To persuade

• To inform

Multiple Choice

Every precious child should be able to eat healthy homegrown food.

• persuade

• entertain

• inform

Multiple Choice

A description of what to do if the chain falls off your bike

• To inform

• to persuade

• to entertain

Multiple Choice

When growing a garden, it is important to water your plants daily.

• To persuade

• To entertain

• To inform

Viewpoint

Two authors may write with similar purposes, but have different viewpoints about a topic.

An author's viewpoint is how he or she feels about a topic. Often, two authors write with the same purpose but have very different viewpoints about a topic.

Multiple Choice

True or False: Everyone is going to have the same viewpoint?

• True

• False