Author's Purpose

The author instructs or tells how to do something 

• bias
• perspective
• explain
• persuade 

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

The way the author views a topic

• purpose
• assumption
• persuade
• perspective 

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

The author wants to give the reader factual information 

• perspective 
• persuade 
• inform 
• describe 

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

The author wants to give the reader something to enjoy reading 

• entertain
• describe
• bias
• explain 

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

The author wants the reader to create a picture of a person, place or a thing by using their five senses

• inform
• describe
• persuade
• explain

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

The author writes about something that they accept as true without proof

• bias
• perspective 
• persuade 
• assumption

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

The author is trying to convince the reader to do something or think a certain way 

• persuade
• inform
• bias
• explain 

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The author writes about an attitude that always favors one way of feeling or acting over any other 

• describe
• explain
• bias
• assumption

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

A story about a family trying to stick together and survive during the Great Depression 

• Explain
• Inform 
• Entertain
• Describe

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

A section in a history book describing the conditions and causes of the Great Depression in the Midwest in the 1930s 

• Inform
• Persuade
• Entertain
• Explain

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6