Author's Purpose

What is author's purpose?

• Is the opinion of an author

• The main idea

• Why the author writes the text

The word SUMMARIZE means..

• to tell why

• to give a short version

• to make your best guess

Which best describes a Summary?

• Your favorite part of the passage

• The main ideas and important details of a text.

The author's purposes are:

• Persuade

  Inform

  Entertain

• First

  Second

  Last

• Main idea

  Details

What is the author's purpose?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

What is the author's purpose?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

What is the author's purpose?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

What is the author's purpose?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

What is the author's purpose?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

What is the author's purpose?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain