Comparing Authors' Perspectives

How can readers determine the author's perspective?

• Look at the LANGUAGE the author uses. Is there any extreme language or are there extreme thoughts?

• Look for bias: Does the author take a side?

• Use process of elimination

• Look at the author’s purpose. WHY did the author write the text?

Author's perspective IS NOT:

• Point of View

• The reason for writing.

• How the author feels about the text.

Select TWO ways to determine the author's purpose.

• Ask yourself: What is the author’s point of view? How do they FEEL about what they wrote?

• Ask yourself: What is the genre; what kind of text is this?

• Write Mrs. Patterson a poem about her great beauty.

• Who is the intended audience? Who is the author writing for?

What is tone?

• The reason for writing a text.

• Writer's opinions about the topic.

• A writer's attitude toward a subject/topic they're writing about.

• How the author views the topic.

Bias is:

• Parts of a text that draw your attention to certain information.

• The author's argument in their writing.

• The author's point of view about the topic.

• prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

Which of the following can help you identify an author's point of view? Select all that apply.

• recognizing the tone the author used

• forming a perspective

• understanding the author's purpose

• context clues

Author's purpose or author's perspective?

In the author's opinion, what should be done to: ______________?

• Perspective

• Purpose

Author's purpose or author's perspective?

Which statement BEST describes the author's attitude toward ____________?

• Purpose

• Perspective

_________________ can help determine the author's perspective.

• Tone

• Text features

• Word choice

• All of the above

Is the following type of question asking you to analyze the author's purpose or author's perspective?

With which statement listed below would the author of this article most likely agree?

• Perspective

• Purpose