AUTHOR’S PURPOSE

AUTHOR’S PURPOSE

AUTHOR’S PURPOSE

• An author’s purpose is his reason for or intent in writing. An author’s purpose may be to amuse the reader, to persuade the reader, to inform the reader, or to satirize a condition.

An author writes with one of four general purposes in mind:

• 1. To relate a story or to recount events, an author uses narrative writing. . 

• 2. To tell what something looks like, sounds like, or feels like, the author uses descriptive writing.

• 3. To convince a reader to believe an idea or to take a course of action, the author uses persuasive writing.  

• 4. To inform or teach the reader, the author uses expository writing.

• An author’s purpose is reflected in the way he writes about a topic. For instance, if his purpose is to amuse, he will use jokes or anecdotes in his writing. 

• Clues to an author’s purpose may be found in titles, prefaces, and the author’s background. 

Open Ended

Name what are the four general author's purpose.

Multiple Choice

I will try to give the reader of this article some idea of the real nature of Gothic architecture, not just of Venice, but of universal Gothic. One of the most interesting parts of our study will be to find out how far Venetian architecture went in achieving the perfect type of Gothic, and how far it fell short of it.

• explain the importance of Gothic architecture.

• describe Venetian architecture.

• show how Venetian architecture is different from Gothic architecture

• show the nature of Gothic architecture