Author's Purpose Expository

the author wants to amuse you or for you to enjoy the writing

• Entertain

• Inform

• Persuade

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

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

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

• Persuade, Inform, Electrify

• Perform, Infer, Entertain

• Persuade, Inform, Educate

• Persuade, Inform, Entertain

What is the Author's Purpose?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

Welcome to National Park
Watch for signs along the trail. They will tell you about the trees, plants, and animals that live here. The trail is six miles long and takes the average person two hours to hike. There are two rest stops along the way. 

• to persuade

• to inform

• to entertain

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

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

• Explain

when a book gives facts

• inform

• persuade

• entertain

What is the primary purpose of an expository text?

• To entertain

• To inform

• To persuade

• To narrate

Which of the following is a characteristic of expository writing?

• It uses fictional characters

• It provides factual information

• It tells a story

• It uses poetic language

In an expository essay, the author's main goal is to:

• Convince the reader to take action

• Provide information and explanations

• Describe a personal experience

• Create a fictional narrative