Author's Purpose

the author wants you to do, buy, or believe something 

• persuade
• inform
• entertain

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.W.3.1A

CCSS.W.3.1B

The author wants to give you information.

• Entertain

• Persuade

• Inform

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.3.2

the author wants to amuse you or for you to enjoy the writing

• Entertain
• Inform
• Persuade

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.1

fictions stories, poems, songs, plays, jokes, and narratives are examples of:

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

textbooks, non-fiction books, expository essays, biographies, newspaper articles, and directions are examples of:

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

advertisements, persuasive letters, opinions, campaign speeches are all examples of: 

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. He was born on February 12, 1908 in Kentucky.  One of his famous speeches was the Gettysburg Address.

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.3.2

In a poem, the author's purpose is to:

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is the author's purpose?
A sticker on a frozen pizza with directions explaining how to cook the pizza and offering nutritional information

• Inform
• Persuade
• Entertain

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RI.2.6

What is the authors purpose?
"Eating too much cake and not exercising will give us health problems."

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.6