Author's Style and Purpose

What does the acronym PIE mean?

• persuade, inform, and empathy

• persuade, infer, and entertain

• passion, inference, and empathy

• persuade, inform, and entertain

What are the many different reasons authors write called?

• author's style

• author's vision

• author's purpose

• author's mission

What does it mean to persuade?

• the author's goal is to engage in a debate

• the author's goal is to convince a reader to agree with the author

• the author's goal is to convince a reader that the reader is right

• the author's goal is to convince the reader to accept multiple points of view

To inform means to enlighten the reader and provide facts

• True

• False

What is the author's purpose

• persuade

• inform

• entertain

What is the author's purpose

• persuade

• inform

• entertain

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 work had paid off.
What is the author's purpose?

• to tell a story about a boy who worked hard

• to teach how to play basketball

• to persuade you to try out for the basketball team

• to explain the rules of basketball

When an author really describes the scenery in a story, this is an example of what author's style technique?

• Sentence variation

• Sentence fluency

• Word Choice

• Tone

If an author writes with a few short sentences and then a long one and then a short one again, what style is he using?

• Sentence fluency

• Sentence variation

• Mood

• Word Choice

Using ___________ allows authors to engage a reader's senses.

• imagery

• diction

• mood

• tone