Author's Purpose

To tell a funny story or to tell what a person or place is like in an interesting or funny way.

• Inform

• Entertain

• Persuade

To teach a lesson or to show how to make something.

• Inform

• Entertain

• Persuade

To make the reader agree with something important.

• Inform

• Entertain

• Persuade

Homework should be banned! Most little kids get far too much homework. When kids get home, they need time to relax and refresh their brains…

• Inform

• Persuade

• Entertain

Plants begin life as a seed. If the seed has water and warmth, it germinates, which means it starts to grow…

• Inform

• Entertain

• Persuade

“There was a kind girl named Cinderella.

All of the animals loved her, especially two mice named Gus and Jaq…

• Inform

• Entertain

• Persuade

Remember author’s purpose with the acronym…

• Cake

• Snack

• Pie

Recess is definitely too short. In order to do better in regular classes, there should be at least one hour recess twice a day.

• Inform

• Entertain

• Persuade

Toads and frogs are amphibians. Missouri has 25 species and subspecies (or geographic races) of toads and frogs.

• Inform

• Entertain

• Persuade

Once upon a time, there lived a crazy teacher. She never assigned homework and had field trips every day.

• Inform

• Entertain

• Persuade