Pie Authors Purpose

What does authors purpose mean?

• Authors purpose means persuade, inform, and entertain.

• Authors purpose is the reason an author writes.

• Authors purpose describes how the author is writing.

• Authors purpose describes why the author enjoys writing.

What does PIE stand for?

• Persuade, Inform, Entertain

• Persuade, Inform, Explain

• Pleased, Inform, Entertain

• Persuade, Iconic, Entertain

Define inform.

• Inform means when an author is trying to teach the reader something.

• Inform means the author is trying to change the mind of the reader.

• Inform means the author gives the reader true facts and information that can be proven.

• Inform means the author is telling a story that is made up or a story for fun.

Define entertain.

• Entertain means the author is telling a made up story or a story for fun.

• Entertain is when the author provides true facts and information to the reader.

• Entertain can be a personal story or a story that has some sort of emotion within it.

• Entertain is when the author is trying to convince the reader on a certain topic/idea.

What does "PIE'ED" refer to in regards to an author's purpose for writing?

• An author's purpose can be to: play, ignore, expect, end, or dance

• An author's purpose can be to: perfect, imagine, evade, enlarge, or divide

• An author's purpose can be to: persuade, inform, entertain explain, or describe

Define "PIE'ED"

• Persuade

  Inform

  Entertain

  Explain

  Describe

• Perfect

  Idea

  Equality

  Engage

  Decide

• Please

  Infer

  Everything

  Epic

  Draw

What does the acronym PIE mean?

• persuade, inform, and empathy

• persuade, infer, and entertain

• passion, inference, and empathy

• persuade, inform, and entertain

What do the letters in PIE stand for?

• persuade, investigate, examine

• program, interpret, entertain
  

• persuade, inform, entertain

• prepare, inform, experiment

Define the purpose for the given sentence.

"The salesman told the driver turn left at the next stop light, turn right at the first stop sign, and then continue on that road for the next 5 miles. The dentist will be on the right hand sign next to the supermarket."

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

Define the purpose for the sentence below. "Lindsey went door to door in her neighborhood trying to sell cookies. She told each person cookies were 2 for $10 and all the money supported her track team."

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain