Main Idea, Theme, Author's Purpose, Figures of Speech

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Three reasons for writing:

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Persuade, Inform, Entertain

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Author's purpose: What you learn in school helps later in life and getting a job. Hard work in school can lead to college and a career.

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to persuade you to work hard in school.

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Importance of rules: they ensure smooth operations and help people get along.

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Persuade people to follow the rules.

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Author's Purpose: to entertain

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Enjoyable reading that tells a personal story or teaches a lesson through a story.

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Author's Purpose: to inform

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A passage containing facts about a subject.

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Author's Purpose: to persuade

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A passage that contains opinions or tries to convince readers to act or believe something.

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Author's purpose in an ad:

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Persuade

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Author's purpose in a textbook:

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Inform

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Author's purpose to inform includes mostly ________.

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facts

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Born after 1985? Life expectancy over 70 years. Females live ~6 years longer than males. Main topic?

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how long you might expect to live