Author's Purpose

A five paragraph essay where a students argues that people should recycle and not liter

• Inform

• Persuade

• Entertain

The play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

• Entertain

• Inform

• Persuade

The fourth novel in Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer

• Entertain

• Inform

• Persuade

The instructions for the board game, Monopoly

• Entertain

• Inform

• Persuade

A note to a teacher where a student asks if her seat can be switched because of a conflict

• Entertain

• Persuade

• Inform

A student's book report about the fourth novel in the Twilight series

• Entertain

• Persuade

• Inform

Sunday comes at the end of the weekend and signals the end of the fun. I don't get to stay up late because I have to get up early the next morning and go back to school. Sunday night is the worst night of the week. For this reason, I feel that school should start later on Monday mornings.

What is the author's purpose?

• To entertain the reader about Sundays.

• To inform the reader that Sundays are not the worst day of the week.

• To express an opinion about Sundays.

• To make the reader laugh

Sunday comes at the end of the weekend and signals the end of the fun. I don't get to stay up late because I have to get up early the next morning and go back to school. Sunday night is the worst night of the week. For this reason, I feel that school should start later on Monday mornings.

The author believes that

• Sunday should not come at the end of the week.

• You should not have to go to school on Monday.

• School should start later on Monday mornings.

What is the definition of author's purpose?

• the reason an author has for writing a selection (text)

• to persuade the reader that they are the best author

• To make the reader laugh

• to make the reader angry

Identify the types of author's purpose?

• To inform, to tell the reader the answer, to define a word

• To write a play, to write a fiction story, to persuade

• To entertain, to persuade, to inform,

• to explain, to include, to preview