Understanding Author's Purpose

True or False:1. Analyzing author's purpose is the first step in understanding an author's point of view and the development of ideas. Is this true or false?

• True

• False

2. Determining author's purpose requires that the reader learn how to determine what two things that support the author's point of view?

• Words & Phrases

• Graphic organizers & other tools

• Types of figurative language & Types of irony

• Types of figurative language & parts of speech

3. What does the acronym "BAVE" stand for? And what is it used for?

• Behavior, Accountability, Validity, Evaluation;Figurative Language

• Brainstorm, Access, Viewpoint, Eliminate; Closed Reading

• Browse, Activate, Visualize, Evaluate; Brainstorming

• Beliefs, Attitudes, Values, Experiences;Perspectives

4. In informational texts, ALL texts have a purpose. Is this true or false?

• True

• False

Analyze means....

• to create an objective summary

• to critically examine

• to say or show a response

• a person's beliefs

True or False: The central Idea of a text is the main idea with supporting details

• True

• False

A text is.... (pick ALL that applies)

• book

• picture

• film

• movie

True or False:Evidence is facts or information presented together to support a claim or value statement.

• True

• False

Point of view is....

• a speaker's position or beliefs

• evidence for a theory

• is the subject of a sentence

• none of the above

An objective summary is....

• a brief account of a text's central or main points, themes or ideas free of bias and uses information from the text

• a long account of a text's central or main points, themes or ideas free of bias and uses information from the text

• a brief account of a the reader's personal opinion about the author's purpose

• a brief account of a text's central or main points, themes or ideas full of bias and uses information from the text