Point of View and Author's Purpose

An author's point of view is __________________

• 1st person, 2nd person, or 3rd person

• what an author thinks, feels, or believes

• what an author can see

• an author's opinion

An author's purpose is ___________________.

• what the author is told to write about

• the reason an author wrote the text

• to inform, persuade, or explain/entertain.

• to be important

When an author's writing leans in a certain direction, it is called _____________.

• informational

• bias

• annotate

• explanatory

What is step 3 in determining an author's point of view?

• actively highlight and read the text

• determine text features

• put it all together

• write a response

Once you have completed steps 1-3 in determining an author's point of view, what do you do next?

• reread

• put it all together

• analyze the text

• write a strong response

What is step 2 in determining an author's point of view?

• actively read and highlight the text

• check out text features

• annotate

• determine text structure

What is the author's purpose?

• to persuade

• to inform

• to entertain

• to explain

Many people buy vegetables in the grocery store without knowing where they were grown or how they arrived at the store. Supermarkets should be required to label each fruit or vegetable with a sign telling shoppers where and when the food was grown and how far it traveled to the supermarket. What is the author's purpose?

• Inform

• Entertain

• Persuade

• Criticize

• Instruct

The dew on the grass made my running shoes damp. It didn't bother me. The sound of my feet hitting the street formed a rhythm, a steady pattern of light thumps. I timed my breathing with the rhythm. These sounds filled my head. I thought of nothing other than the next step and keeping my tempo. I soared over the sidewalks like concrete clouds.

• 1st Person

• 2nd Person

• 3rd Person Omniscient

• 3rd Person Objective

The stars were burning brightly in the night sky. The evening breeze felt cool on my skin. It was the last night of summer break and I was calm, oddly calm. It's not that I was excited to go back to school. I wasn't. School is a lot of work for me. But I was excited to see my friends again, and I knew that she would be there.

• 3rd Person Objective

• 2nd Person

• 1st Person

• 3rd Person Limited