Author's Purpose and Point of View

What is the author's purpose in a nonfiction text?

• The author's purpose in a nonfiction text is to hide information.

• The author's purpose in a nonfiction text is to fictionalize the events.

• The author's purpose in a nonfiction text is to confuse the reader.

• The author's purpose in a nonfiction text is to persuade, inform, or entertain.

What is the author's point of view?

• The author's purpose in writing a nonfiction text

• What the author thinks, feels, or believes about a topic

• The author's attempt in a nonfiction text to confuse the reader

• What the author looks at when they are writing

Which is not a main reason why an author writes?

• Perform

• Inform

• Persuade

• Explain

Which term describes the author's purpose when writing an informative nonfiction text?

• Entertain

• Describe

• Persuade

• Inform

What is the main goal of an author when writing an informative nonfiction text?

• To confuse the reader with contradictory information.

• To provide factual information and educate the reader.

• To entertain the reader with fictional stories.

• To persuade the reader to agree with the author's opinion.

The author is giving you information

• Entertain

• Inform

• Persuade

The author wants you to buy, or believe something

• Persuade

• Entertain

• Inform

The author creates moods/feelings

• Entertain

• Persuade

• Inform

Plays, fiction, jokes are an example of

• Inform

• Persuade

• Entertain

Nonfiction, newspaper, biographies are an example of

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain