Author's Purpose and POV Vocabulary

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What is informational text?

Back

Text that the author writes to teach the reader something.

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What is the author's purpose?

Back

The main reason the author writes the text.

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What is bias?

Back

Bias occurs when the author clearly favors one side over the other.

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What is persuasive text?

Back

Text that the author writes to persuade the reader to support their position.

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What is explanatory text?

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Text that the author writes in order to provide the reader with a step-by-step method or process.

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Does all non-fiction text contain bias?

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False.