Author's Purpose CFU

An author's purpose is...

• the reason an author writes
• the reason an author teaches
• author's sense of humor
• author's way of life. 

When an author's purpose is to inform, it means the author is:

• trying to make you enjoy the story by keeping the reader's attention.

• trying to give you information and teach you facts.

• trying to get you to do or try something.

The author is trying to convince the reader to do something or think a certain way 

• persuade
• inform
• bias
• explain 

The author wants to give the reader something to enjoy reading 

• entertain
• describe
• bias
• explain 

The author instructs or tells how to do something 

• bias
• perspective
• explain
• persuade 

When the author wants to help you see or experience a place, thing, or person:

• describe

• persuade

• entertain

• rhetoric