Text Structure, Author's Purpose & Point of View

What does PIEED stand for when we are talking about author's purpose?

• Persuade, Intrude, Exposition, Explain and Denotation

• Pizza, Ice cream, Eyeballs, Ears and Dessert

• Persuade, Inform, Entertain, Explain and Describe

• Pie is the number 3.1415...

What are the five different text structures?

• Compare and Contrast, Structure, Text

• Cause and Effect, Problem and Solution, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday

• Description, Sequence, Inform, Entertain, Persuade

• Description, Sequence, Cause and Effect, Compare and Contrast, Problem and Solution

What are the three kinds of point of view?

• 1st, 2nd, 3rd

• 1st, 3rd, 4th

• 2nd, 3rd, 4th

• 4th, 5th ,6th

What are some clue words to tell you that the passage is problem and solution?

• Like, both, neither, also

• Cause, effect, because, result

• Solve, dilemma, problem, issue

• First, second, finally

What are some clue words to tell you that the passage is compare and contrast?

• Like, both, neither, same

• First, second, next, finally

• Characteristics, adjectives

• Cause, effect, because, result

What are some examples of pronouns we use to write in 1st person?

• They, them, he, she

• I, me, my

• You, yourself, yourselves

• Themselves, you, your

What are some examples of pronouns we use to write in 2nd person?

• I, me, my

• They, themselves, she, he

• You, yourselves, you'll

• Him, her, herself

What are some examples of pronouns we use to write in 3rd person?

• Themselves, she, himself

• We, Us, I

• Yourself, you've, you

• Me, my, myself

What is author's purpose?

• The author's purpose or reason for writing a text

• The author's perspective on something

• The hidden meaning behind a word

• The way a text is structured

What is point of view?

• The dictionary definition of something.

• The purpose for writing a text

• The author's position or view from which they write a text

• The way a text is structured