Unit Three Review

What is the author's purpose?

A pamphlet urging people not to eat animals or use products made from animals or animal suffering because the author thinks that is cruel and unnecessary.

• To Persuade

• To Inform

• To Entertain

What is the author's purpose?

A book of over 1,000 knock-knock jokes.

• To Persuade.

• To Inform.

• To Entertain.

What is the author's purpose?

An article about the Bengals and their journey to the Super Bowl.

• To Persuade.

• To Inform.

• To Entertain.

The author’s point of view reveals the author’s beliefs, personal judgments or _______________ toward a certain subject.

• attitudes

• figurative meaning

• reasons

• text structure

Which of the following might NOT be good strategy questions to ask in order to find out the author's point of view or perspective?

• Based on the title, why do think the author wrote this selection?

• Was the author’s purpose specifically stated?

• What details did the author leave out?

• Why did the author become a writer?

The author's purpose for writing is the _______________ they wrote it.

• reason

• powerful

• reflection

• attitude

Author's may have more than one reason for writing.

• True.

• False.

What is the definition of author's purpose?

• Who an author is...

• What an author is writing about...

• Why an author is writing...

• How the author feels about the topic...

What is the definition of author's point of view?

• Who an author is...

• What an author is writing about...

• Why an author is writing...

• How the author feels about the topic...

What are the three MAIN reasons for why an author writes?

• Persuade, Inform, Entertain

• Persuade, Irony, Entertain

• Personal, Interview, Entertain

• Personal, Inform, Evolve