Author's Purpose [Informational]

What are the primary reasons an author writes an informational text?

• To persuade, inform, entertain

• To persuade, inform, explain

• To eat Pie

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CCSS.RI.9-10.6

How can understanding the author's purpose help readers analyze a text?

• It helps readers to imagine the text.

• It helps readers gain knowledge.

• It helps readers understand the message, tone, and perspective of the text.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.6

Identify two techniques an author might use to convey their purpose effectively.

• Rhetorical appeals (ethos, pathos, logos)

• Using words

• Using an anecdote (personal story)

• Using diction

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CCSS.RI.9-10.6

What might an author include to establish credibility when persuading an audience? (Pick all that apply)

• Use of expert opinions

• A loud voice

• Personal anecdotes

• research findings and data

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CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.W.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.1B

How can an author’s background influence their purpose in writing?

• Their experiences can make them stuck in life.

• Their experiences, beliefs, and values can shape their perspective and intent.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.6

Choose common features of informational texts.

• Title/Heading

• sub-title/sub-heading

• Graphs

• Photos

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CCSS.W.9-10.2A

What is a claim in writing?

• The opposite point of the speaker

• The point the person is arguing.

• The answer to the rebuttal

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CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.W.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.1A

CCSS.W.9-10.1B

CCSS.W.9-10.1C

What is the relationship between a claim and the evidence provided?

• The evidence is needed but the claim is not.

• They go together real bad.

• The evidence makes the claim strong and credible.

• The claim is needed but the evidence is not.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.1B

What counts as evidence in a text? (Select all that apply)

• facts

• statistics

• quotes

• titles

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.9

Author's Purpose
What was the author's purpose in writing this passage?
Slowly I began to recover. I poured water over my face and neck and watched the dirty water run down my arms to the ground.

• To inform the reader that it is hot out.
• To reflect on a time that he was working in the fields.
• To persuade the reader to believe that working in the fields is hard.
• To entertain us with a story about an old injury.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.6