Authors Purpose

Front

The author instructs or tells how to do something.

Back

explain

Front

The author writes to make the reader laugh, cry, or experience some other emotion.

Back

entertain

Front

The author writes to show or explain facts.

Back

inform

Front

The author writes to influence or convince the reader.

Back

persuade

Front

The author uses the five senses to tell about a topic.

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describe

Front

The way the author views the topic of the text.

Back

perspective

Front

The author writes about a fact or statement that is taken for granted.

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assumption

Front

The author writes about an attitude that always favors one way of feeling or acting over any other.

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bias

Front

Words that connect to the five senses to create an image or description: thump, creamy, salty, cold, gurgle, blurred, twinkling.

Back

sensory words

Front

Words that identify order: First, Second, Next, Then, Finally, After that

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sequencing words