Author's Purpose

What are the three reasons we write?

(Authors purpose for writing)

• Persuade, Inform, Electrify

• Perform, Infer, Entertain

• Persuade, Inform, Educate

• Persuade, Inform, Entertain

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CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

Persuade means...

• Make people agree with you

• Make people angry

• Make people think the opposite thing

• Make people fall in love

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

Inform means...

• Give informal speech

• Give information

• Take the form

• Give in a form

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Entertain means...

• To make people scared

• To make people sad

• To make people enjoy something

• To go to the circus

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Volunteering is a very rewarding experience. There are many ways you can volunteer. For example, you can help clean up a playground. Volunteering benefits other people and also will make you feel good about yourself.

• The author's purpose is to convince you to become a volunteer.

• The author's purpose is to entertain you with a story about volunteering.

• The author's purpose is to explain all the aspects of volunteering.

• The author's purpose is to inform you about the opportunities and rewards of volunteering.

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CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

How does an author entertain?

• By using emotional language and facts to hold the reader's attention.

• By occasionally using facts.

• By convincing the reader and, therefore, holding his/her attention.

• By telling a story.

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CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

Which could you use to Persuade somebody?

• A news article
•  A poem
• A cookbook
• An advertisement

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

Which one is an informative piece?

• The Daily News

• Romeo and Juliet

• Diary of a Wimpy Kid

• Why Social Media is Deadly

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Which one is an entertainment piece?

• How to bake German Chocolate Cake

• Marvel Comics

• The cycle-life of a butterfly

• A billboard for a lawyer

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Choose which one is a persuasive piece.

• How to look up words in a dictionary.

• The love story of Bryan and Anna.

• Why wearing a mask can save your life.

• Directions to the nearest Lil' Caesars

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.8