Author's Purpose

Advertisements are created to:

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

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What is the author's purpose?

• to entertain you with a story about artists

• to teach you how all artists become famous

• to persuade you to attend an art program

• to explain how to paint a sunset

The author of an car and truck magazine wrote about a new kind of tire that has just been created for people who live in areas that experience flooding. These tires are for deep water and are supposed to prevent vehicles from slipping off the road. What is the Author's purpose?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

• Explain

• Describe

What the author's purpose in writing an article about the beauty of the pumpkin patch in the full autumn season with leaves, fall flowers, and other items of fall?

• Explain

• Describe

• Entertain

• Inform

• Persuade

What is author's purpose?

Which clues help you determine the author's purpose? (Select all that apply)

• The text's title

• The index

• details used in writing

• author's word choice

Which could you use to persuade somebody?

• A non-fiction textbook

•  A poem

• A cookbook

• An editorial

Dear Edith,  Pets should be allowed in restaurants. I brought my dog to dinner, and the waiter threw us out. He said that dogs were dirty, but my dog is cleaner than many people. I know! It's not fair - it's a ridiculous rule, and it should be changed.

• to persuade

• to inform

• to entertain

Writers ​ (a)   have more than one purpose for writing.

• might

• can never

Match the following:

• driving directions

• Persuade

• memoirs

• Inform

• comic books

• Express Emotions

• opinion pieces

• Entertain