Author's Purpose

An author's purpose is...

• the reason an author writes
• the reason an author teaches
• author's sense of humor
• author's way of life. 

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CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

What are the Three types of Author's Purpose?

• Entertain, Documentary, Informative

• Comics, Documentary, Funny

• Persuade, Inform, Entertain

• Persuade, Biography, Inform

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CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

You read a fiction book for fun. The purpose of the book is to...

• enterain
• persuade
• inform
• express feelings

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Marcus Marksley’s new play,The Two of Us, opens this evening at the Artists’ Theater on Burnett Avenue. Tickets are $25 each

• persuade
• entertain
• explain
• inform

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

When you watch a documentary on TV about an event in history, such as WWII, the purpose of the documentary is to ___________________.

• entertain
• persuade
• inform 
• express feelings

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

You read a manual how to put furniture together. The manual's purpose is to....

• entertain
• inform
• persuade
• express feelings

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CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What you learn in school will help you later in life. It will also help you get a job. If you work hard in school and make good grades, you may be able to go to college and have a career.
What is the author's purpose?

• to entertain with a story about school
• to teach you how to get good grades
• to persuade you to work hard in school
• to explain the best colleges

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CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.9

Animals are divided into categories. They are grouped according to the things they have in common. One category is birds. All birds have feathers. They are warm-blooded. Birds lay eggs and they have wings. Most birds fly, but there are some that do not. 

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain

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CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

Lewis stared at the blank screen. Dead. His computer was dead. “I have to finish my paper tonight,” he thought, as panic slowly sunk in. “How am I going to do that?” Lewis’s mind raced. He tried to think of how he could get his work done. His little sister wandered by. “How long will it be?” she asked. Lewis looked at her blankly. “Until the power comes back?” she said. Lewis sighed with relief.

• Persuade
• Inform
• entertain
• describe

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

It was a glorious morning in Alabama. The sun was shining through the trees. Alan couldn't wait to find his fishing pole and call his friend Sam to go fishing. They had a great time on these early morning fishing trips. They took their dogs with them and the dogs would swim in the lake while they fished. It was so funny to watch those dogs paddle around the lake. 

• to inform
• to Entertain
• to Persuade

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CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.8.6