Author's Point of View

The author is...

• a character in the story

• the listener

• the person who wrote the story

What is the purpose of fiction books?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

Some stories WILL switch the point of view.

• True
• False

How confident are you about knowing the authors purpose?

• Very confident

• Confident

• A little confident

• Not confident

Sometimes an author will write to persuade you. What does persuade mean?

• to make people not like something

• to make people believe the way you do

• to scare someone

• to make someone happy

The way the author views the topic of the text.

• perspective
• assumption
• sensory words
• entertain

Basketball is the best sport ever. You should play it every chance you get. You should also watch it on tv. Basketball is the only sport that matters.

What is the authors purpose?

• Entertain

• Persuade

• Inform

If the author wants you to vote for a certain person, what is their purpose?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

What is the purpose of a comic book?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

What is the meaning of point of view?

• Point of view describes when and where a story takes place.

• Point of view describes the conflict in the story.

• Point of view is the perspective from which the story is told or who is telling the story

• Point of view describes the turning point of the story.