1. Author’s Purpose
Reading Skill Review

2. Author’s Purpose
The reason an author decides to write about a specific subject
Three Major categories:
Inform
Persuade
Entertain

3. Inform
To provide information to the reader and give knowledge of a subject

4. Persuade
To move the reader to think in a certain way or follow a belief

5. Entertain
To provide amusement or enjoyment to the reader

6. What’s the Purpose?
You may have encountered instances when you could have bet your life about something you had seen or done, but yet when you revisited, either the thing has vanished or the chore, left undone. If you happen to visit Ireland you may encounter the same feeling at the Loughareema Lake. Visitors of loughareema lake start to feel as if they’ve been there before.

7. INFORM What’s the Purpose?
You may have encountered instances when you could have bet your life about something you had seen or done, but yet when you revisited, either the thing has vanished or the chore, left undone. If you happen to visit Ireland you may encounter the same feeling at the Loughareema Lake. Visitors of loughareema lake start to feel as if they’ve been there before.
INFORM

8. A COMPANY PRESIDENT IS THROWING A PARTY AND TAKES HIS EXECUTIVES ON A TOUR OF HIS GIGANTIC MANSION. In the back of the property, the ceo has the largest swimming pool any of them has ever seen. The huge pool, though, is filled with hungry alligators.

9. A COMPANY PRESIDENT IS THROWING A PARTY AND TAKES HIS EXECUTIVES ON A TOUR OF HIS GIGANTIC MANSION. In the back of the property, the ceo has the largest swimming pool any of them has ever seen. The huge pool, though, is filled with hungry alligators.
ENTERTAIN

10. WHETHER IT’S A DAY PLANNER YOU CARRY IN YOUR BACKPACK, A CALENDAR ON YOUR WALL AT HOME, OR A TO-DO LIST YOU MAKE AT THE END OF EVERY DAY, IT CAN HELP YOU KEEP TRACK OF WHEN ASSIGNMENTS ARE DUE AND STAY ORGANIZED.

11. WHETHER IT’S A DAY PLANNER YOU CARRY IN YOUR BACKPACK, A CALENDAR ON YOUR WALL AT HOME, OR A TO-DO LIST YOU MAKE AT THE END OF EVERY DAY, IT CAN HELP YOU KEEP TRACK OF WHEN ASSIGNMENTS ARE DUE AND STAY ORGANIZED.
INFORM

12. THE FIRST REASON WHY PEOPLE SHOULDN’T WATCH TOO MUCH TELEVISION IS BECAUSE THE CONTENT OF MANY TV PROGRAMS IS NOT EDUCATIONAL. NOWADAYS, WE CAN SEE MOVIES, SERIES, AND SHOWS THAT PRESENT SCENES OF VIOLENCE.

13. THE FIRST REASON WHY PEOPLE SHOULDN’T WATCH TOO MUCH TELEVISION IS BECAUSE THE CONTENT OF MANY TV PROGRAMS IS NOT EDUCATIONAL. NOWADAYS, WE CAN SEE MOVIES, SERIES, AND SHOWS THAT PRESENT SCENES OF VIOLENCE.
PERSUADE

14. THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD BOOKS IN WHICH YOU CAN FIND HISTORY, NOVELS, TRAGEDIES, COMEDIES AND A VARIETY OF OTHER THEMES. YOU CAN SEE THAT PEOPLE WHO READ MORE OFTEN FREQUENTLY HAVE A BIGGER KNOWLEDGE OF LIFE AND DO MUCH BETTER THAN OTHERS IN SCHOOL. I THINK THAT FACT GIVES THEM AN ADVANTAGE OVER ALL OTHERS WHO DO NOT READ FREQUENTLY. PEOPLE SHOULD DEFINITELY READ IF THEY WANT TO EXPERIENCE SUCCESS IN LIFE.

15. THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD BOOKS IN WHICH YOU CAN FIND HISTORY, NOVELS, TRAGEDIES, COMEDIES AND A VARIETY OF OTHER THEMES. YOU CAN SEE THAT PEOPLE WHO READ MORE OFTEN FREQUENTLY HAVE A BIGGER KNOWLEDGE OF LIFE AND DO MUCH BETTER THAN OTHERS IN SCHOOL. I THINK THAT FACT GIVES THEM AN ADVANTAGE OVER ALL OTHERS WHO DO NOT READ FREQUENTLY. PEOPLE SHOULD DEFINITELY READ IF THEY WANT TO EXPERIENCE SUCCESS IN LIFE.
PERSUADE

16. JACOB KNEW THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE IN TROUBLE WHEN HE GOT HOME
JACOB KNEW THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE IN TROUBLE WHEN HE GOT HOME. HIS PARENTS TOLD HIM TO GO STRAIGHT HOME SINCE HE WAS GROUNDED FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE. But when he saw caleb and Andrew around the corner the temptation just gave away and he knew he wanted to join in the fun.

17. JACOB KNEW THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE IN TROUBLE WHEN HE GOT HOME
JACOB KNEW THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE IN TROUBLE WHEN HE GOT HOME. HIS PARENTS TOLD HIM TO GO STRAIGHT HOME SINCE HE WAS GROUNDED FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE. But when he saw caleb and Andrew around the corner the temptation just gave away and he knew he wanted to join in the fun.
ENTERTAIN

18. Book Titles
Write a possible title for a book written to persuade others about these topics:
Example: Pets – Title: People who have pets can often live a longer, healthier life
School
Theater
electricity

19. Book Titles
Write a possible title for a book written to entertain others about these topics:
Example: Pets – Title: my cat is the boss of my house
raccoon
principal
museum

20. Book Titles
Write a possible title for a book written to inform others about these topics:
Example: Pets – Title: a quick, painless guide to toilet training your cat
basketball
magnets
Alabama beaches

21. Which purpose would best fit each of the following genres or literary devices?
Textbook
Newspaper editorial
Biography
Mystery
Ad to sell shampoo
Magazine article about a movie star
Wikipedia article about president john f. kennedy
Religious brochure

22. Check your answers
Inform
Persuade
Entertain
persuade

23. Facts and opinions
If a passage has more facts than opinions, it is more than likely an informative passage.
If a passage has more opinions than facts, the passage will either be a persuasive or entertaining one

24. Which is fact? Opinion?
That skunk had the most disgusting odor I had ever smelled.
Skunks are mammals best known for their ability to secrete a liquid with a strong, foul odor.
His article in the newspaper was completely false and did not contain a single fact.
The family lived in a home that was as big as a castle and more beautiful than a fairy tale.

25. Were you right?
Opinion
Fact
opinion

26. Homework!!!
Choose on of the following topics and write one paragraph to inform, one to entertain, and one to persuade your audience using the topic you select:
Oreos
Video games
Disneyland
Pizza Ar