Author's Purpose in English

Authors Purpose

6th Reading

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

Authors Purpose

Poll

Check all that apply:

What are the reason's an author would write something?

• To Persuade

• To Inform

• To Explain

• To Entertain

• To Bore You

​To Persuade...

​Examples: Advertisements, Brochures, Public Service Announcements, Poetry, Persuasive Essay

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​Identifying a Persuasion Text:

• ​- Trying to get you to do something

• ​- Can contain facts AND opinions

• ​- Shows the author's/writer's feelings towards what they're writing about

• ​- Shows favor to a product or idea

• ​- Can use positive OR negative words like (great/better, terrible/bad)

Multiple Choice

Pick the best answer:

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• Inform
• Explain
• Entertain
• Persuade

​To Inform...

​Examples: Biography, Reference (Informational) Nonfiction, Literary Nonfiction

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​Identifying an Informational Text:

• - ​to tell you about something/someone

• ​- Nonfiction

• ​- Includes fact but NOT opinions

• ​- Does not show author's feelings

• ​- Often includes nonfiction text features like graphs, charts, picture, captions

Multiple Choice

Pick the Best Answer:

Caroline Bartlett Crane was born in 1858 in Hudson, Wisconsin. After working as a teacher, she became a journalist and an ordained minister. Crane was an activist who worked toward women’s voting rights in the United States. Her tireless efforts at improving sanitation in large cities—especially in the slums where the poorest residents lived—earned her the title “America’s Housekeeper.”

• Persuade
• Inform
• Explain
• Describe

​To Explain...

​Examples: Instructions, How- To's, Steps, Procedures, Recipes

​

​Identifying an Explanation Text:

• ​- Tries to teach you something

• ​- Includes "How To" directions

• ​- Often tells why or how something works

Multiple Choice

Driving west from Capital Park, turn left onto Maple Avenue. Continue for three blocks until you come to Trumbull Street, and then turn right. The library will be on your left.

• Persuade
• Describe
• Explain
• Inform

​To Entertain...

​Examples: Fiction, songs, plays, personal narratives, jokes

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​Identifying an Entertaining Text:

• ​- Tells you a story

• - ​Fiction

• ​- Creates emotion for the reader

• ​- Can be funny, sweet, scary, etc.

• ​- Often has a happy or inspiring ending

Multiple Choice

“Once upon a time in a magical kingdom, there lived a great hero. He was about to set out on a dangerous quest!”

• Explain
• Persuade
• Entertain
• Inform

​Multiple Purpose's

​Author's can write for multiple reason's/purpose's.

​- Example:

​"You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?!" by Jonah Winter- This book is a biography AND it's also entertaining to read.

- Example: Poetry- They could persuade you AND entertain you.

​- Example: A Political Flyer/ Advertisement- This could persuade you to vote for someone AND inform you that the person is running for office.

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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

What is the authors purpose?
"Every house should have a dog. They are cute, loyal and will protect your house."

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain

Multiple Choice

What is the authors purpose?
"She threw the paper airplane. It looped through the trees, under the dogs belly, up into the sky and landed in the hot air balloon."

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain

Multiple Choice

Rules are very important. They help keep things running smoothly. Rules let you know what you can and cannot do whether you are playing a game or explaining how to act in class. You should follow rules; they help people get along.

What is the author's purpose?

• to entertain with a story about people who follow the rules

• to inform about the rules of games

• to persuade people to follow the rules

• to explain the rules of chess

Multiple Choice

The Food Group Pyramid tells how to eat healthy. It shows how food is divided into six groups. It is important to eat foods taht belong to each group every day. The pyramid helps show how much of each you should eat.

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

Multiple Choice

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.

• to Inform

• to Entertain

• to Persuade

Multiple Choice

Come and buy John's pizza today! It is cheap and tastes amazing!

What is the authors purpose in this text?

• To Persuade

• To Entertain

• To Inform

• To Explain

Multiple Choice

Beth and her mom went to the circus. This was a special day because she had never ben to a circus before. They bought peanuts and went to their seats. She saw clowns, jugglers, and people on trapezes. There were elephants, lions, and tigers. It was a very exciting day for Beth.

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

Multiple Choice

Volunteering is a very rewarding experience. There are many ways you can volunteer. For example, you can help clean up a playground. Volunteering benefits other people and also will make you feel good about yourself.

• The author's purpose is to convince you to become a volunteer.

• The author's purpose is to entertain you with a story about volunteering.

• The author's purpose is to explain all the aspects of volunteering.

• The author's purpose is to inform you about the opportunities and rewards of volunteering.

Multiple Select

Check All That Apply:

What's the purpose of this T.V. Show?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Explain

• Entertain

Match

Match the following:

• Inform

• Express Emotions

• Entertain

• Persuade

driving directions

memoirs

comic books

opinion pieces

• driving directions

• memoirs

• comic books

• opinion pieces