Determining Author's Purpose

To provide facts and objective information on a topic.

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

To influence and make the readers agree with their view or opinion.

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

To appeal and bring interest to the readers.

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

An advertisement to buy their product

• To persuade

• To inform

• To entertain

A fantasy book

• To persuade

• To inform

• To entertain

A tutorial on how to bake a cake

• To persuade

• To inform

• To entertain

A post to buy the beach house they are selling

• To persuade

• To inform

• To entertain

A cartoon movie

• To persuade

• To inform

• To entertain

Book telling how volcanic eruptions happen

• To persuade

• To inform

• To entertain