Author's Purpose Pie

What is the purporse of the author of this text?

• To convince me to buy a dog

• To explain the characteristic of a dog

• To tell me a story about a dog

• To show me that dogs can talk

This book was made to...

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

Purpose?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

What is author's purpose?

• The opinion of a person

• The reason why someone writes a text

• The biography of a writer

• The main idea of a text

What is the Author's Purpose of the text below

Do you carpool to school? Do you take a bus? It should be a requirement for everyone to either share a ride or walk to school every day. If we are serious about saving the planet, we must take steps to conserve energy and reduce fossil fuel emissions.

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

• Describe

What is the Author's Purpose of the text below

Caroline Bartlett Crane was born in 1858 in Hudson, Wisconsin. After working as a teacher, she became a journalist and an ordained minister. Crane was an activist who worked toward women's voting rights in the U.S. Her tireless efforts at improving sanitation in large cities-especially in the slums where the poorest residents lived-earned her the title "American's Housekeeper."

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

• Describe

What is the Author's Purpose of the text below

Once upon a time in a magical kingdom, there lived a great hero. He was about to set out on a dragon's quest!

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

• Describe

When the author wants to help you see or experience a place, thing, or person:

• describe

• persuade

• entertain

• inform

When an author writes to persuade , it means the author is:

• trying to give you information to teach you the facts.

• trying to make you enjoy the story be keeping the reader's attention.

• trying to get you to do or try something.

• trying to see if you are paying attention.

Words like ___________________________________ are clues that an author is most likely trying to persuade.

• “wow,” “thrilling,” “change”

• “facts,” “resources,” “details”

• "best," "should," "think," "believe," "feel"