Author's Purpose Informational

The author instructs or tells how to do something.

• entertain

• fiction/literary

• describe

• explain

The author writes to show or explain facts.

• inform

• entertain

• describe

• sensory words

a piece of written material to inform the reader that does not utilize characters

• fiction/literary

• nonfiction/informational

• persuade

• assumption

The way the author views the topic of the text.

• perspective

• assumption

• sensory words

• entertain

What is the author's purpose for informational text?

• to explain

• to inform

• to teach

• all of the above

The first American space station was launched in 1973. NASA scientists needed a way to give the astronauts who lived there for 171 days a way to detect smoke or fire before it was too late to stop. They invented a smoke detector for Skylab that ended up in about 90% of all private homes as well.

• Describe

• Entertain

• Explain

• Inform

Hellen Keller was born in 1880 and died in 1968. Despite being deaf and blind, Keller was a political activist, a lecturer, an author, and a tireless advocate for those with disabilities.

• Entertain

• Explain

• Inform

• Describe

Today, it is not uncommon to see women wearing high-heeled shoes. However, the first high-heeled shoes were actually made for men back in the 1500s. The heels helped soldiers keep their feet in the stirrups of their saddles as they rode into battle.

• Perdusade

• Inform

• Entertain

• Instruct

• Criticize

When an author is giving you facts, what is their purpose?

Which is not an author’s purpose?

• Persuade

• Statement

• Inform

• Entertain