Authors Purpose

Persuade means...

• Make people agree with you
• Make people angry
• Make people think the opposite thing

Entertain means...

• To make people scared
• To make people sad
• To provide amusement or enjoyment

• To go to the circus

What does explain mean?

• To tell you how to do something

• To entertain people with your writing

• To persuade a reader

What does inform mean?

• to explain your opinion

• to provide information or facts

• to have fun

What is the author's purpose? "Eating too much cake and not exercising will give us health problems."

• To persuade you not to eat cake

• To inform you about what will happen if we eat cake and don't exercise

• To entertain us

What is the author's purpose?

"Every house should have a dog. They are cute, loyal and will protect your house."

• To persuade you to get a dog

• To inform you about dogs

• To entertain you with a cute picture of a dog

What is the author's purpose?

"She threw the paper aeroplane. It looped through the trees, under the dogs belly, up into the sky and landed in the hot air balloon."

• To persuade

• To inform

• To entertain

In a campaign speech, the author's purpose is to:

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain

In a song, the author's purpose is to:

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain
• Describe

In a non-fiction book, the author's purpose is to:

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain