Author's Purpose

Author's Purpose

It's as easy as P.I.E.

Author's Purpose - Reader's Job

To Persuade

To Inform

To Entertain

Multiple Choice

It was a glorious morning in Alabama. The sun was shining through the trees. Alan couldn't wait to find his fishing pole and call his friend Sam to go fishing. They had a great time on these early morning fishing trips. They took their dogs with them and the dogs would swim in the lake while they fished. It was so funny to watch those dogs paddle around the lake.

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

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The Slim-O-Matic will cause you to loose pounds and inches from your body in one month. This amazing machine helps you to exercise correctly and provides an easy video to show you the proper way to exercise. Send $75.99 and begin exercising today.

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

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The Underground Railroad was a secret organization which helped slaves escape to freedom. Many slaves were able to escape because of the conductors and station masters. The northern states were free states and slaves were free once they arrived in the north. Secret codes and signals were used to identify the conductors and station masters.

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

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1. Recycling protects our health and environment because it removes harmful substances and pollution from landfills and run off. Recycling also conserves our natural resources, because it reduces our need for raw materials. Throwing that paper away? Maybe you should recycle and save a forest from logging.

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

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2. The roaring of the engine got louder and louder. The motorboat picked up so much speed that its bow was almost five feet above the water while the engine made water erupt in large wakes at the back of the boat. Dark thunderclouds loomed in the distance. Thankfully, we were not far from home.

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

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3. Giant pandas have black markings on their ears, limbs, shoulders and eyes. They feed on bamboo forests at high altitudes in Western China. Because of deforestation and poaching, they are endangered.

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

Author's Purpose Basics

Different reading passages are written for different purposes. Knowing the kind of passage you are reading helps you to identify the

author’s purpose.

An author’s purpose usually falls into one of three major categories.

Multiple Choice

What are the three reasons we write?
(Authors purpose for writing)

• Persuade, Inform, Electrify
• Perform, Infer, Entertain
• Persuade, Inform, Educate
• Persuade, Inform, Entertain

Multiple Choice

Persuade means...

• Make people agree with you
• Make people angry
• Make people think the opposite thing
• Make people fall in love

Multiple Choice

Inform means...

• Give informal speech
• Give information
• Take the form
• Give in a form

Multiple Choice

Entertain means...

• To make people scared
• To make people sad
• To make people enjoy something
• To go to the circus

Multiple Choice

In a textbook, the author's purpose is to:

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain

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In a newspaper articles, the author's purpose is to:

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain

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In an advertisement, the author's purpose is to:

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain

What is Author's Purpose?

• It is the reason WHY an author sat down to write a piece of text.

• There are 3 main purposes

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

• Remember Author's Purpose is as easy as P.I.E.

• P_ersuade I_nform E_ntertain