Author's Purpose

Why Did the Author Include This Sentence?

The general furniture was profuse, comfortless, antique, and tattered. Many books and musical instruments lay scattered about, but failed to give any vitality to the scene. I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow. An air of stern, deep, and irredeemable gloom hung over and pervaded all.

• To emphasize how comfortable the room is.

• 1. To describe the dark sadness in the room.

• 1. To describe the air quality in the room.

• 1. To emphasize the pictures hung on the walls.

The Author Most Likely Uses Words Such as "gasped," "noise," "violent," and "horror" to —

No doubt I now grew VERY pale; but I talked more fluently, and with a heightened voice. Yet the sound increased—and what could I do? It was A LOW, DULL, QUICK SOUND—MUCH SUCH A SOUND AS A WATCH MAKES WHEN ENVELOPED IN COTTON. I gasped for breath, and yet the officers heard it not. I talked more quickly, more vehemently but the noise steadily increased. I arose and argued about trifles, in a high key and with violent gesticulations; but the noise steadily increased. Why WOULD they not be gone? I paced the floor to and fro with heavy strides, as if excited to fury by the observations of the men, but the noise steadily increased. O God! what COULD I do? I foamed—I raved—I swore! I swung the chair upon which I had been sitting, and grated it upon the boards, but the noise arose over all and continually increased. It grew louder—louder—louder! And still the men chatted pleasantly, and smiled. Was it possible they heard not? Almighty God!—no, no? They heard!—they suspected!—they KNEW!—they were making a mockery of my horror!—this I thought, and this I think. But anything was better than this agony! Anything was more tolerable than this derision! I could bear those hypocritical smiles no longer! I felt that I must scream or die!—and now—again—hark! louder! louder! louder! LOUDER!—

• 1. describe the policemen's reaction to the discovery of the body

• 1. Trick the reader into thinking the narrator would get away with the murder

• 1. illustrate the narrator's internal distress

• 1. explain the terror the old man felt when he realized his life was in danger

The Author’s Purpose in This Passage is Most Likely to –

The death of Edgar Allan Poe on October 7, 1849, has remained mysterious in regard to both the cause of death and the circumstances leading to it. American author Edgar Allan Poe was found delirious and disheveled at a tavern in Baltimore, Maryland, on October 3. He sought the help of magazine editor Joseph E. Snodgrass and was taken to the Washington College Hospital, where he was treated for apparent intoxication. Poe had no visitors in the hospital and gave no account of how he came to be in his condition before dying on October 7 at age 40.

• 1. Explain in detail how Poe died.

• 1. Provide an account of one of Poe’s unpublished stories.

• 1. Introduce who Joseph E. Snodgrass was to Poe.

• 1. Describe the timeline leading up to Poe’s death.

The Main Purpose of This Recipe is to -

Recipe for Making Cookies

Ingredients

• 8 tablespoons of salted butter

• 1/2 cup white sugar (I like to use raw cane sugar with a coarser texture)

• 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar

• 1 teaspoon vanilla

• 1 egg

• 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour (6.75 ounces)

• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

• 1/4 teaspoon salt (but I always add a little extra)

• 3/4 cup chocolate chips (I use a combination of chocolate chips and chocolate chunks)

Instructions

• Mix ingredients together

• Place 12 large balls of dough on a baking sheet

• Let cook for about 30 minutes or so

• explain the process for making cookies

• determine the preparation time for making cookies

• 1. inform people about the contents of cookies

• 1. persuade people to make cookies