Author's Purpose

What is author's purpose?

• How an author writes a story

• What an author writes about

• Why an author writes something

• It doesn't really matter as long as he writes

What are the three reasons we write?
(Authors purpose for writing)

• Persuade, Inform, Electrify
• Perform, Infer, Entertain
• Persuade, Inform, Educate
• Persuade, Inform, Entertain

Persuade means...

• Make people agree with you
• Make people angry
• Make people think the opposite thing
• Make people fall in love

Inform means...

• Give informal speech
• Give information or teach something
• Take the form
• Give in a form

Come and buy John's pizza today! It is cheap and tastes amazing!
What is the authors purpose in this text? 

• To Persuade
• To Entertain
• To Inform 
• To Explain

Commercials are used for...  

• Persuading
• Entertaining
• Informing
• Explaining

If the author is trying to make you laugh his/her purpose is...

• To Entertain 
• To Persuade 
• To Explain
• To Inform

Textbooks are used for...

• Entertaining
• Informing

Poems and Stories are used for...

• Entertaining
• Informing
• Explaining
• Persuading 

Ted was anxious to try out for the basketball team. He had practiced and knew he was ready. Tryouts made him a little nervous, but when he found out he made the team, he knew that all the hard work had paid off.

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain