Authors Purpose

What are the three types of Authors Purpose?

• Persuade,Inform,Entertain

• Happy,sad,Anxious

• Bias,Purpose,PIE

• Main Idea,Evidence,Key Details

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CCSS.RI.8.6

What is this:In 2010, people killed in alcohol-impaired driving crashes accounted for nearly one-third (31%) of all traffic-related deaths.

• Entertain

• Inform

• persuade

• Happiness

“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

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CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.W.8.3A

CCSS.W.8.3B

Persuade means...

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

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Entertain means...

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

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.RL.8.4

what does inform mean?

• to explain
• to give facts 
• to have fun
• to tell about something

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CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.8.4B

CCSS.RI.8.4

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

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CCSS.RI.8.6

Sam looked into the microscope. He couldn’t believe what he saw! It was like an entire universe existed in this drop of water he’d taken from inside the meteor that had fallen on his lawn. This was like no other water he’d ever seen!

• Inform
• Persuade
• Explain
• Entertain

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CCSS.RL.8.2

Benjamin Franklin was born in 1706 and died in 1790. He is well-known for his many inventions, including bifocal glasses, a type of wood-burning stove, and the lightning rod.

• Explain
• Inform
• Entertain
• Describe

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.W.8.2B