1. Author’s Purpose

2. Author’s purpose is what an author is trying to accomplish through the text.

3. Author’s Purpose Authors write for different purposes which include: to persuade, to entertain, and to inform

4. Readers identify an author’s purpose for writing by following these steps and answering the questions below: 1. Who is the intended audience? 2. Are the facts intended to provide knowledge or to entertain the reader? 3. Are the facts being used to convince the reader of something?

5. What is persuasion? To persuade in a text is to convince the reader to follow the writer’s opinion.

6. When an Author Wants to Persuade he Uses Persuasive Pieces like…

7. Campaign Speeches

8. Charts and Graphs

9. Advertisements

10. Other ways to persuade are through: Newspaper Editorials Bumper stickers Billboards Commercials

11. What does it mean to inform? To inform in a text is to state facts about a particular subject

12. When an Author Wants to Inform He Uses Non-fiction. This can Include…

13. Magazines

14. Textbooks

15. Newspapers

16. Other ways to inform are through… Biographies Documentaries Technical Manuals Charts, graphs, tables

17. What does it mean to entertain? To entertain in a text is when an author writes simply to humor, excite or just to bring about an emotion from the reader.

18. When an Author Wants to Entertain He Uses Fiction. This includes…

19. Short Stories

20. Poetry "Love is not a thing to understand. Love is not a thing to feel. Love is not a thing to give and receive. Love is a thing only to become And eternally be.."

21. Drama

22. Novels

23. What is the purpose of the text below? Ex.1: Most experienced drivers would agree that while it is more exciting to ride a motorcycle than to drive an automobile, it is foolish to think that this leads to careless driving and, therefore more accidents, deaths, and injuries occur to motorcycle riders than car drivers. 1. Who is the intended audience? 2. Are the facts intended to provide knowledge or to entertain the reader? 3. Are the facts being used to convince the reader of something? 4. Identify opinions and personal testimonies for those opinions.

24. What is the purpose of the text below? Ex.2: Every fourth of July, Ralph invites his whole family to stay on the lake and make up a jeg. They called new dances jegs. They danced, pranced and usually did a little shake. They stuck out one leg and gave it a wiggle, aunt Lilly was so big hers started to jiggle. They moved the one leg and Jim said it was a cranky jeg. The 5 year old little brother stood up and said no it’s the stanky leg. 1. Who is the intended audience? 2. Are the facts intended to provide knowledge or to entertain the reader? 3. Are the facts being used to convince the reader of something?

25. Identify the author’s purpose of this text To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds. And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to suffering outside our borders; nor can we consume the world's resources without regard to effect. For the world has changed, and we must change with it. Will you work to help this nation is the question I ask of you.

26. Practice ! http://fcit.usf.edu/FCAT/strategies/ap/activity2.htm