Infer Authors Purpose

Author's Purpose

​The Boy Who Invented TV

Persuade

Inform

Entertain

P.I.E.

the reason for writing. Text structure and other techniques help authors achieve their purpose.

​Author's Purpose

Reread page 159

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Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of the paragraphs on page 159?

• to entertain the readers with stories of Philo

• to inform the readers how Philo figured out how to invent the television

• to persuade the readers that Philo was a great inventor

Multiple Choice

What is the effect of Philo plowing the potato fields?

• Philo realized he could create television with parallel lines of light.

• Philo realized he didn't want to be a farmer.

• Philo realized who could create television by harvesting it in a bottle.

Multiple Choice

What words in paragraph 36 signals a cause-and-effect structure?

• then

• First,

• Similarly,

• instead

Open Ended

How does the cause and effect structure on this page help achieve the author's purpose?

Inferences

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Open Ended

What can you infer from the information gathered on this page?