Author's Purpose

Why would you read a book called All About Animals?

• To persuade you to do something

• To inform you about the topic

• To explain something to you

Persuade means...

• Make people agree with you
• Make people angry
• Make people think the opposite thing
• Make people fall in love

Inform means...

• Give informal speech
• Give information or teach something
• Take the form
• Give in a form

Entertain means...

• To make people sleepy
• To make people leave
• To make people enjoy something
• To make people read

If the author is trying to make you laugh his/her purpose is...

• To Entertain 
• To Persuade 
• To Explain
• To Inform

Newspaper articles are used for...  

• Persuading
• Entertaining
• Informing

Come and buy John's pizza today! It is cheap and tastes amazing!
What is the authors purpose in this text? 

• To Persuade
• To Entertain
• To Inform 
• To Explain

If the author is trying to make you laugh his/her purpose is...

• To Entertain 
• To Persuade 
• To Explain
• To Inform

What is the Author's Purpose for writing this book?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

What is the Author's Purpose?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain