Author's Purpose

A list of the 25 richest athletes in the world.

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain

An article arguing why Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player ever.

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain

An “X-men” comic book.

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain

the author wants you to do, buy, or believe something 

• persuade
• inform
• entertain

textbooks, non-fiction books, expository essays, biographies, newspaper articles, and directions are examples of:

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain

fictions stories, poems, songs, plays, jokes, and narratives are examples of:

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain

In an advertisement, the author's purpose is to:

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain

Persuade means...

• Make people agree with you
• Make people angry
• Make people think the opposite thing
• Make people fall in love

Inform means...

• Give informal speech
• Give information
• Take the form
• Give in a form

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Entertain means...

• To make people scared
• To make people sad
• To make people enjoy something
• To go to the circus

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6