Author's Purpose Perspective

What are types of author's purpose?

• Persuade, Intimidate, Explore, Experience, Dance

• Perform, Instruct, Eliminate, Explore, Decide

• Persuade, Inform, Entertain, Explain, Describe

• Predict, Idea, Entertain, Explain, Describe

What is the author's perspective on school uniforms?

• She thinks they aren't the best but they give students pride and are important.

• She doesn't care about school uniforms.

• She thinks every school in America should wear a uniform to school.

• She thinks they are the worst thing ever and students should be able to wear what they want to school.

Based on this paragraph, the author's stance aligns with which of the following?

The national Parks System costs $1.2 billion annually to operate. Of that amount, $900,000 is spent on costs associated with visitors. The system has 368 locations, including major parks, such as the Grand Canyon, and small, specialized parks that feature one thing. We need to reexamine the type and quality of parks paid for by federal dollars. An independent commission could review the parks and determine whether or not they all should be kept open and what level of fees should be charged to park users. Currently, the people who use parks pay less than ten percent of the costs of operating them.

• The National Park System should continue as it is.

• Government systems waste time and money

• It is good to reevaluate things as time goes on.

• The park system should be shut down.

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 __________________is the way an author looks at a topic or the ideas being described.

• purpose

• problem

• perspective

• pancake

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 are the three most common reasons an author writes?

• inform

• persuade

• entertain

• all of the above

Thoughtful readers are able to discern an author's perspective, opinions, hypotheses, assumptions and possible _______________________________.

• bias

• bananas

• data

• issue