Author's Purpose and Perspective

What is author's purpose?

• • the way the author views a topic or subject, and his/her attitude toward it

• • an author’s reason for writing, such as to persuade, to inform, or to entertain

• the way the author explains something

• the way the author feels about their writing

What is author's perspective?

• the way the author views a topic or subject, and his/her attitude toward it

• the way the author feels about their writing

• the way an author explains something

Author's purpose is the reason or reasons an author has for writing a ______________.

• comic

• novel

• short story

• all of the above

Authors may have more than one purpose for

• jumping

• writing

• smiling

• wondering

What is the primary purpose of an author writing a biography?

• To entertain the reader with fictional stories.

• To persuade the reader to adopt a certain viewpoint.

• To inform the reader about a person's life.

• To describe a place in vivid detail.

What is the author's purpose?

• Inform

• Entertain

• Persuade

A blog post written by a chef details the cultural significance of traditional dishes from various countries. What is the author's purpose?

• To persuade readers to visit those countries.

• To inform readers about different cultures through food.

• To entertain readers with personal cooking stories.

• To describe the author's favorite recipes.

If readers changed the way they thought about a topic or issue, one of the author's purposes may have been to:

• inform

• entertain

• persuade

• infer

When an author writes a piece to convince the reader about the benefits of recycling, what is the author's purpose?

• To entertain

• To inform

• To persuade

• To describe

What is the author's purpose?

• Inform

• Entertain

• Persuade