What Is Author's Purpose?

Every author has a reason, or purpose for writing. The three purposes are to inform, persuade and entertain.

You will read examples of the three purposes and practice determining the author's purpose.

Activity 1A.

View slides and examples of author's purpose.

Activity 1B.

Find author's purpose in a poem.

Activity 1C.

Read six short passages.
Determine the purpose.
Record answers on a word processing document.
Save as last name_first initial_purpose.
Put in your teacher's Virtual Share Dropbox.

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