Author's Purpose

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.3.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

Inform means...

• Give informal speech
• Give information or teach something
• Take the form
• Give in a form

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

Entertain means...

• To make people sleepy
• To make people leave
• To make people enjoy something
• To make people read

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CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

If the author is trying to make you laugh his/her purpose is...

• To Entertain 
• To Persuade 
• To Explain
• To Inform

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CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

Newspaper articles are used for...  

• Persuading
• Entertaining
• Informing

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Come and buy John's pizza today! It is cheap and tastes amazing!
What is the authors purpose in this text? 

• To Persuade
• To Entertain
• To Inform 
• To Explain

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CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

What is the Author's Purpose for writing this book?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

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CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

What is the Author's Purpose?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

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CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

What is the Author's Purpose?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

What is the Author's Purpose?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RL.4.6