Author's Purpose and Bias

What is the author's purpose for writing the following?

• to inform

• to entertain

• to persuade

• to describe

What is the author's purpose for writing the following?

• to inform

• to entertain

• to persuade

• to describe

The author writes to make the reader laugh, cry, or experience some other emotion.

• entertain

• inform

• describe

• bias

Ted was anxious to try out for the basketball team. He had practiced and knew he was ready. Tryouts made him a little nervous, but when he found out he made the team he knew that all the work had paid off.

What is the author's purpose?

• to entertain you witha story about a boy who worked hard

• to teach how to play basketball

• to persuade you to try out for the basketball team

• to explain the rules of basketball

The author's purpose is the _______ they are writing.

What is the author’s purpose in writing the article?

Florida businesses will lose more money from crime this year than they'll spend on water, gas and electricity. This is according to a study released Tuesday. From shoplifting to employee theft, crime is expected to cost Florida

businesses $27.4 billion. The cost is twice that of residential crime, according to the report issued by Attorney General Charlie Crist and a law enforcement/industry coalition.

The biggest perpetrators, surprisingly, are not robbers and burglars. Rather, they are rogue employees, pilfering everything from stock inventory and office

supplies to company accounts and confidential data. More than $13 billion in losses -- almost half of Florida's annual total -- are attributed to those inside jobs, the study said. State officials said they are launching a campaign to

inform the public and business community about the problem.

• To persuade the reader to buy a security system.

• To entertain the reader with stories.

• To inform the reader about how to steal from businesses.

• To inform the reader about the effects of stealing.

Which word in this section shows bias? I won’t pretend Senate Democrats, knowing they don’t have the power to stop Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation to the Supreme Court, have turned the confirmation hearings into a campaign platform to smear President Donald Trump.

• pretend

• confirmation

• stop

• smear

What is the author’s purpose in writing this selection?

People are concerned that irradiated food will lead to an increase in cancer. But what about the benefits of reduced toxins, food decontamination, and a longer shelf life? Have x-rays cause people to become radioactive? Irradiation eliminates poisonous toxins and microorganisms. Scientists have found more of a chemical reaction in frozen and canned food than in food that has been irradiated. Sixty-seven percent of consumers would be willing to pay more for chicken that has significantly fewer toxins, according to a recent survey.

• To persuade people that x-rays are unsafe.

• To persuade people that x-rays are safe.

• To persuade people supermarkets raise their prices.

• To persuade people that irradiated food is safe.

What are types of author's purpose?

• Persuade, Intimidate, Explore, Experience, Dance

• Perform, Instruct, Eliminate, Explore, Decide

• Persuade, Inform, Entertain, Explain, Describe

• Predict, Idea, Entertain, Explain, Describe

Which of the following is the first step in the process of determining an author's perspective?

• Look for what is left out about the topic

• Look for what is included about the topic

• Identify a topic

• Identify loaded language