Author's Purpose and Informational Text

the main point of the writing that helps the reader understand the author's topic

• print features

• evidence

• summary

• controlling idea/key idea/thesis

specific details or facts that support the author's controlling idea

• key idea

• thesis

• paraphrase

• evidence

What genre is an informational text?

• fiction

• non-fictiom

• science fiction

• primary source

Select any examples of an author’s purpose.

• persuade/convince

• inform

• entertain

• express their feelings/ideas/experiences

• Describe

If someone wrote an article about how to meditate and why you should try it, what would we say is the author’s two-part purpose?

• describe & entertain

• explain & express

• describe & express

• explain & persuade

In 1972, Bill Gates and Paul Allen founded Traf-O-Data, a computer program that tracked automobile traffic based on counters installed on roadways. Although Traf-OData was only moderately successful, the two men would go on to found Microsoft a few years later.

• inform

• persuade

• explain 

• entertain

The Food Group Pyramid tells how to eat healthy. It shows how food is divided into six groups. It is important to eat foods that belong to each group every day. The pyramid helps show how much of each you should eat.

The author wrote this paragraph mainly to -

• compare the different food groups in the Food Group Pyramid

• provide you information about the Food Group Pyramid

• persuade you to use the Food Group Pyramid to plan your meals

• offer a different way to look at food based off of the Food Group Pyramid

IDENTIFY THE MAIN IDEA

• Sometimes clowns can mean serious bussiness.

• Rodeo clowns protect cowboys by putting themselves in danger.

• Cowboys and Rodeo Clowns are constantly in danger.

• A Rodeo bull's attention is easily caught by Rodeo clowns.

Which 3 are examples of informational texts?

• newspaper article

• travel blog post

• short story

• a gardening magazine article

• a Greek myth

If someone wrote a personal story for a magazine about their funny, wild, adventures in Brazil, what is most likely the author’s main purpose?

• persuade

• describe

• entertain

• express