Authors Point of View and Purpose

IDENTIFY THE AUTHOR'S PURPOSE: The story of a young woman who, after the death of her grandfather, quit her job in the business world and returned home to help her aging grandmother.

• To Entertain

• To Prove a point

• To Inform

• To persuade

What is the author's purpose:  A story your younger sister wrote about making a wish and becoming a princess.

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

• Explain

Which statement is correct?

• Everybody, including authors and readers, has a point of view.

• An author’s point of view and his purpose are the same thing.

• Point of view determines if the writing persuades, entertains, or informs.

• A point of view does not influence the way most authors write.

How does an author develop a specific point of view?

• By carefully choosing the right words and descriptions

• By quoting facts geared to persuade the reader

• By relying on third-person omniscient to create stronger plots

• By expressing multiple personal opinions and biases

Which set of pronouns would typically be found in a first person point of view?

• themselves, us

• he, she, it, they

• you, yours, yourself

• I, me, my, we, our

Which type of writing is most likely to be written from the first person point of view?

• recipe

• memoir

• newspaper interview

• mystery novel

Which sentence is in the first person point of view?

• The wolf talked to Little Red Riding Hood.

• The wolf went to Grandma’s house.

• The hunter helped Little Red Riding Hood.

• We shouldn’t trust the wolf.

Another name for an author’s point of view is

• mode of narration.

• personal experience.

• biases and opinions.

• primary conflict.

The author's  . . . is his or her basic belief about a subject.

• dates

• order

• point of view

• unstated key idea

The author's viewpoint, or point of view, is about the author's feelings, beliefs, or opinion about a certain topic. True of False?

• True

• False