Author's Purpose

Author's Purpose

Author's Purpose:
is the author's reason or motivation for writing a specific text.​

​​Ask: Why did the author write this?

​Think: PIE'ED

​P: PERSUADE

​I: INFORM

​E: ENTERTAIN

​E: EXPLAIN

​D: DESCRIBE

Multiple Choice

What are some reasons author's write?

• to persuade and entertain

• only to inform

• to persuade, inform, entertain, explain, or describe

• to confuse you

• to persuade, inform and entertain

​Authors write to Persuade

• ​This is when author's are trying to convince you of something

• ​Author's want you to share their opinion

• ​They might want you to buy something, donate money, or vote for someone they like

• Ads are examples of writers trying to persuade you

  
  Example: Dogs are man's best friend. They are loyal. They will always love you. Dogs are the best pet anyone can have. If you don't have a dog, you need to get one.

​Authors write to Inform:

• ​This is when the author gives us information about a topic

• ​The author will give us facts

• nonfiction texts give information

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  Example: Christopher Columbus is a famous explorer and navigator. He made four trips across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain. Columbus was determined to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia. He did not succeed.

​Authors write to Entertain

• ​They write stories you will enjoy.

• Stories can be sad, funny, terrifying.

  Examples include: narratives, songs, poems, fiction stories, plays, comic books

​Authors write to Explain

• ​They write to tell you how something works

• They might give a list

• they might give instructions

• they write to tell you how to do something or how something works

  Examples: Instructions, Directions, How-To, Recipes.

​Authors write to Describe

• ​They use the sense to tell about a topic.

• They want to describe the physical features or behaviors of something

• They want you to imagine, visualize or experience a topic.

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  Some examples: product descriptions, descriptive essays.

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

An author's purpose is...

• the reason an author writes
• the reason an author teaches
• author's sense of humor
• author's way of life. 

Multiple Choice

The author is the ____________ of a story. 

• writer
• artist
• reader
• setting

Multiple Choice

All of the following are reason why authors write except?

• Entertain
• Illustrate
• Inform
• Persuade

Multiple Select

Select all that the author’s main purpose is to entertain in which of the following:

• A fairytale

• A manga comic book

• A Martha Stewart cookbook

• An Avengers movie

• A news channel

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of this text?

An “X-men” comic book.

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

Multiple Choice

What is the Author's Purpose of the text below:

Today, it is not uncommon to see women wearing high-heeled shoes. However, the first high-heeled shoes were actually made for men back in the 1500s. The heels helped soldiers keep their feet in the stirrups of their saddles as they rode into battle.

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

• Describe

Multiple Choice

When the author is trying to convince you of something:

• persuade

• inform

• entertain

• describe

Multiple Choice

When the author is trying to give you information or teach you something:

• inform

• entertain

• describe

• persuade

Multiple Choice

Commercials are used for...  

• Persuading
• Entertaining
• Informing
• Explaining