Author's Purpose

What are the three most common author's purposes?

• to inform, to eat, to persuade

• to persuade, to inform, to entertain

• to know, to engage, to learn

• to entertain, to amuse, to inform

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

Someone is reading a newspaper article. What’s his or her purpose?

• to be informed

• to be entertained

• to be persuaded

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CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

If someone is telling a joke, what is this person’s purpose?

• to persuade, or convince

• to entertain the audience

• to inform others

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

If you see someone reading the list of candidates for school president. What do you think may be this person’s purpose?

• to be informed

• to be entertained

• to be convinced, or persuaded

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CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

What’s the purpose of an advertisement in the radio or on TV?

• to entertain

• to persuade, or convince

• to inform

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

An advertisement will give you facts to try to convince you to buy a certain product. What could be those facts? Check ALL THAT APPLY.

• the price of the product

• the amazing characteristics of the product

• the flaws of the product

• the number of people who have the product already

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8

If you are listening to the list of students who have earned a prize in class. What’s the purpose of knowing it?

• to be informed

• to be enterained

• to be persuaded, or convinced

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

Someone is telling you that his amazing trip to Europe turned into a little nightmare when he and his family could not board the plane. What is the person's purpose in telling you this?

• to entertain you with an anecdote

• to inform you about the duration of the trip

• to persuade you not to go to Europe

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

If the author's purpose is to ENTERTAIN, then he or she will be CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY.

• telling you something amusing.

• sharing an interesting adventure in the mountains.

• narrating how the police captured a feroucious dog.

• reading you an excerpt of the life of George Washington.

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CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What kind of evidence will you find in a text whose purpose is to inform? Check ALL THAT APPLY.

• it comes from a newspaper

• it appears in a textbook

• it gives you lots of reasons to try to convince you to do something

• it is fun, amusing

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CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6