Identifying Authors' Purpose

Identifying and Understanding Author's Purpose

Multiple Choice

What is the author's purpose?

• To share with readers

• point that author is trying to make in writing

• what author wants the reader to know or understand after reading their writing

• All of the Above

Multiple Select

What are some examples of a writer's specific purpose?

• describe

• show

• tell

• explain

• compare

Inferring Author's Purpose

• Central Idea-What is the author's point?

• Text Structure-How is text organized?

• Message-What does the author want me to learn from this text?

Success Criteria

• Infer author's purpose

• Explain author's specific purpose for writing the text

• Used text evidence to support thinking

• Explain how test evidence relates to inference (reasoning)

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