Reading: Author's Purpose

What are the three reasons we write?

(Authors purpose for writing)

• Persuade, Inform, Electrify

• Perform, Infer, Entertain

• Persuade, Inform, Entertain

Persuade means...

• Make people agree with you

• Make people angry

• Make people fall in love

Inform means...

• Give informal speech
• Give information or teach something
• Take the form
• Give in a form

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Come and buy Little Cesarś Pizza today! It is cheap and tastes amazing!

What is the authors purpose in this text?

• To Persuade

• To Entertain

• To Explain

Commercials or Advertisment are used for...

• Persuading

• Entertaining

• Informing

If the author is trying to make you laugh his/her purpose is...

• To Entertain 
• To Persuade 
• To Explain
• To Inform

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CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

Textbooks are used for...

• Entertaining
• Informing

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

Poems and fun Stories are used for...

• Entertaining

• Informing

• Explaining

• Persuading

Omar was anxious to try out for the basketball team. He had practiced and new he was ready. Tryouts made him a little nervous, but when he found out he made the team he knew that all the hard work had paid off.

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

Rules are very important. They help keep things running smoothly. Rules let you know what you can and cannot do whether you are playing a game or explaining how to act in class. You should follow rules; they help people get a long.

• Persuade

• Entertain