Author's Purpose (Author's Purpose)

It is important to think about the author's thoughts and feelings when reading a text.

• True

• False

If the author is trying to move or convince you he/she is trying to...

• persuade me to disagree with him/her

• persuade me to agree with him/her

If the author is trying to inform the reader, he/she is...

• Trying to teach you something by giving you information

• Trying to get you to buy something

A fantasy book like the Three Little Pigs is

• Persuasive

• Informational

• Entertaining

What do you think is the author's purpose for this paragraph?  

• Persuade

   

• Inform

• Entertain

How does the reader know the author is NOT trying to ENTERTAIN the reader?

• The passage has no dialogue, no figurative language and it is non-fiction.

• The passage has dialogue, has figurative language and it is fiction.

The author is trying to the tell the reader to ___________ because he/she uses phrases like "we should be" and "we must be."

• do something

• ask for something

• write something

•  read something

What is the author's purpose of writng this passage?

• To persuade

• To inform

• To entertain

When we are determining the author's purpose for a text what ideas must we consider?  

• Their attitude about the topic

• Their reason for writing the text and their attitude about the topic.

• Their reason for writing the text.