Author's Purpose: Real Life Examples
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Caitlin Sobota
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What is the definition of Author's Purpose?
Why the author wrote the text
Descriptive details about a person, place, or thing.
Figuring out something that is not directly stated in a reading passage
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What are the three purposes an author can have?
Persuade, Inform, Entertain
Personal, Interview, Entertain
Persuade, Irony, Entertain
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What is the author's purpose for a book series like Harry Potter?
Inform the reader about magic
Persuade the reader to become a wizard
Entertain the reader with a story about a boy wizard
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I received a brochure from Disney World.
What would be the author's purpose of the brochure?
Entertain with pictures of Mickey Mouse
Inform me about the history
Persuade me to take a trip there
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What is the author's purpose of the Jack Prelutsky Poem "The New Kid on the Block" ?
Entertain the reader with a funny poem
Persuade the reader to write poetry
Inform the reader about poetry
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What is the author's purpose of a website devoted to the conservation of wildlife and reasons people SHOULD help wildlife?
Entertain the reader with cute polar bear pics
Inform readers of the habitat of polar bears
Persuade readers to help wildlife in danger
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