Point of View of a Passage

​Author's Purpose and Point of View

Ms. Grant

​Standard

RI6: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints.​

​Learning Target

• I can determine the author's point of view.

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• I can determine the au​thor's purpose of a text.

Open Ended

What was the purpose of this commercial? How do you think the boy felt? Explain your answer.

​To do convince the reader to do something or believe something. ​

Persuade

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​To give facts or to teach you something. ​

Inform

​To make you enjoy what you are reading.

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Entertain

​Author's Purpose: It's Easy as Pie

​Learning Target:

I can determine the author's point of view.

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​Learning Target:

I can determine the author's purpose of the text

​Author's Point of View

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Open Ended

Based on the last video/commercial we watched, what was the author's purpose? What was the man's point of view in the commercial?

Explain your answer. (Hint: There is more than one purpose.)

Learning Target: I can determine the author's point of view and purpose of the text.

​​Persuade

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Inform​

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Entertain

​EXAMPLE OF AUTHOR'S PURPOSE

Multiple Choice

What author's purpose is being used?

Learning Target: I can determine the author's purpose of a text.

• Entertain

• Persuade

• Inform

Multiple Choice

What author's purpose is being used?

Learning Target: I can determine the author's purpose of a text.

• Entertain

• Persuade

• Inform

Multiple Choice

What author's purpose is being used?

Learning Target: I can determine the author's purpose of a text.

• Entertain

• Persuade

• Inform

Multiple Choice

What's the author's main purpose for writing this?

Learning Target:

I can determine the author's purpose of the text.​

• to inspire readers to play the cello.

• to persuade readers that this is the best cello there is

• to inform readers that the cello is free

• to entertain readers by joking about the broken cello.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the writer's point of view?

Learning Target: I can determine the author's point of view in a text.

• Lighthearted

• Happy

• Regretful

• Optimistic

Open Ended

Explain your answer from the last question.

Learning Target: I can determine the author's point of view in a text.