Author's Purpose

The acronym for author's purpose stands for Persuade, Inform, and ________:

• Complain

• Entertain

• Elaborate

The ad is an example of Persuasion because:

• The author wants to educate people about adoption

• The author is making up an adoption story for fun

• The author wants to convince you to adopt a pet

True or False: Examples of texts meant to persuade include commercials and reviews

• True

• False

This text on The Great Pyramids is an example of Informing because:

• The author is educating people on facts about the pyramids

• The author is trying to convince people to visit the pyramids

• The author is writing for a movie located at the pyramids 

Examples of text meant to Inform include: textbooks, recipes, and

• Advertisements

• Articles

• Opinions

This story is an example of Entertainment because:

• The author is writing something creative for fun

• The author is trying to convince you to buy a pet dragon

• The author wants to educate you on the history of dragons

P.I.E. stands for:

So every time you see a question asking you why the author wrote a passage, what should you think of?

• BCR

• PIE

• CAKE

You should think of PIE. 

What does PIE stand for? 

• Pleasing, Interesting, Excellent

• Praise, Invite, Excuse

• Persuade, Inform, Entertain