Author purpose

In a non-fiction book, the author's purpose is to:

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain

In a non-fiction book, the author's purpose is to:

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain

 An article comparing and contrasting American and European health care systems

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain

An article comparing and contrasting American and European health care systems

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

What are the three reasons we write?
(Authors purpose for writing)

• Persuade, Inform, Electrify
• Perform, Infer, Entertain
• Persuade, Inform, Educate
• Persuade, Inform, Entertain

Inform means...

• Give informal speech
• Give information
• Take the form
• Give in a form

How does an author develop a specific point of view?

• By carefully choosing the right words and descriptions

• By quoting facts geared to persuade the reader

• By relying on third-person omniscient to create stronger plots

• By expressing multiple personal opinions and biases

Point of view is...

• the author's opinion
• who the narrator is
• the vantage point, or perspective of a story
• the reader's opinion or perspective

As I grazed in the field, I realized that there were not any other animals around. I had a weird feeling that something was wrong. The other animals that are usually making noises are all silent. I see a shadow up in a tree. I think that is is unsafe here, so I am going to run away.

From what point of view is the passage written?

• First person

• Second person

• Third person

Sometimes an author will write to persuade you. What does persuade mean?

• to make people not like something

• to make people believe the way you do

• to scare someone

• to make someone happy