Understanding Author's Purpose in Reading

The video tutorial explores the reasons why people read and why authors write, using the PIE model: Persuade, Inform, and Entertain. It provides examples for each purpose, such as persuading to recycle, informing about sea lions and Ben Franklin's experiment, and entertaining with a story about a kitten. The tutorial concludes with a suggestion to identify the author's purpose before reading and to take a quiz on Reading Wallet.

Why do people often read books according to the introduction?

• To travel to different countries

• To get lost in a story

• To write their own stories

• To avoid making decisions

What is the main purpose of an author when they write?

• To make the reader buy more books

• To persuade, inform, or entertain

• To write as many words as possible

• To confuse the reader

What does the 'P' in the PIE acronym stand for?

• Perform

• Persuade

• Produce

• Play

What is the author trying to persuade us to do in the recycling example?

• Throw away bottles

• Recycle to save the Earth

• Buy more plastic

• Ignore pollution

What does the 'I' in the PIE acronym stand for?

• Include

• Inform

• Imagine

• Inspire

What information does the author provide about sea lions?

• They live in the desert

• They are birds

• They have long flippers and short thick hair

• They are reptiles

What does the 'E' in the PIE acronym stand for?

• Educate

• Examine

• Entertain

• Elaborate

What was the main purpose of the story about the kitten named Blue?

• To explain how to find lost pets

• To persuade to adopt a kitten

• To entertain with a cute story

• To inform about kitten care

What was Ben Franklin curious about in the story?

• How to cook

• Electricity and its properties

• How to build a house

• The weather

What did Ben Franklin use in his experiment?

• A metal wire and a kite

• A book and a pen

• A computer and a mouse

• A car and a road