Author's Purpose

What are the three reasons we write?

(Authors purpose for writing)

• Persuade, Inform, Electrify

• Perform, Infer, Entertain

• Persuade, Inform, Educate

• Persuade, Inform, Entertain

Persuade means...

• Make people agree with you

• Make people angry

• Make people think the opposite thing

• Make people fall in love

Inform means...

• Give informal speech

• Give information

• Take the form

• Give in a form

Entertain means...

• To make people scared

• To make people sad

• To make people enjoy something

• To go to the circus

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 along.

What is the author's purpose?

• to entertain with a story about people who follow the rules

• to inform about the rules of games

• to persuade people to follow the rules

• to explain the rules of chess

The Food Group Pyramid tells how to eat healthy. It shows how food is divided into six groups. It is important to eat foods taht belong to each group every day. The pyramid helps show how much of each you should eat.

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

Joe had been fishing for over two hours without a single bite. Suddenly there was a nibble at the end of his fishing line. He stood up on the boat and leaned out too far. Just then there was a sharp yank on the line. Joe fell overboard and landed head first into the water. Joe and his friends laughed and laughed.

• to Inform

• to Entertain

• to Persuade