Author's Purpose

Draw your name clearly on the canvas.

Why are the three main types of Author's Purpose?

• Persuade

• Entertain

• Explain

• Inform

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Why does the Author include facts and important information the reader in the story?

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The reason an author writes a text is the _______.

• dialogue

• plot

• author's purpose

• dialogue

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How would a story or text change if the author had a different purpose? (If the author used persuading instead of informing?

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True or False: An author can only use one letter of PIE when writing.

• True

• False

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Author’s purpose

• — the intended target group for a message

• the reason an author writes about a particular topic - to persuade, to entertain,

  to inform, to instruct, to describe

• — the pattern an author constructs as he or she organizes his or her ideas

  and provides supporting details.

• — the atmosphere or feeling created by the writer in a literary work or passage; mood can be

  expressed through imagery, word choice, setting, voice, and theme.

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