Author's Purpose and Text Structures

The reason why the author wrote the text

• cause and effect

• main idea

• problem or conflict

• author's purpose

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.8

A story written to bring the reader enjoyment

• entertains

• describes

• compares

• persuades

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.W.3.3A

a text written to convince the reader to do or buy something

• informs

• persuades

• explains

• teaches

Tags

CCSS.W.3.1A

CCSS.W.3.1B

CCSS.W.3.1C

a text written to give the reader facts and information about a topic

• illustrates

• entertains

• retells

• informs

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.3.2

A text written about how two or more people or things are alike or different

• summarizes

• compares

• entertains

• teaches

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.8

CCSS.RI.3.9

The author uses adjectives or gives a lot of detail about a person, place, situation, or topic

• asks

• lists

• describes

• tells

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.SL.3.4

CCSS.W.3.3A

A lesson or moral can be learned from reading this text

• creates

• teaches

• informs

• persuades

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.2

A statement that is true and can be proven

• cause

• reason

• fact

• opinion

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.W.4.1B

CCSS.W.4.2B

What a person believes or thinks about something

• effect

• fact

• opinion

• lesson

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5C

CCSS.W.3.1A

CCSS.W.3.1B

How the author organizes the information in the text

• summary

• text structure

• main idea

• text features

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.3.8