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Author’s Purpose

Author’s Purpose. To Entertain To Inform To Persuade To Describe. Entertain. The author entertains the reader. The purpose is for the author to amuse the reader. Persuade. The author persuades the reader to act a certain way or change particular beliefs.

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Author’s Purpose

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  1. Author’s Purpose To Entertain To Inform To Persuade To Describe

  2. Entertain • The author entertains the reader. • The purpose is for the author to amuse the reader.

  3. Persuade • The author persuades the reader to act a certain way or change particular beliefs. • The purpose of the author is to influence the reader. • The author gives facts to back up his opinions.

  4. Describe • The author describes people, places or things using his senses of sight, touch, taste, smell, and hearing.

  5. Inform • The author informs the reader. • The author teaches the reader new information. • Informational text like encyclopedias, magazines, and process articles all inform.

  6. What is the purpose? Oreo cookies are now Double Stuffed! They have twice as much filling. When you are hungry and need a snack, reach for an Oreo. Oreo: Milk’s favorite Cookie!

  7. What is the purpose? • The Marine Corps was founded in 1775. The marines have been involved in the defense of our nation since its beginning. There are three main United States Marine Corps bases. One base is Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The largest base is Camp Pendleton, California. The base overseas is Okinawa, Japan. A smaller training base is located in Quantico, Virginia.

  8. What is the purpose? The room was cold. It was a kind of cold that chilled your spine and numbed your toes. The reflection of the sun shining through the clear window on the slick waxed floor pierced my eyes. What was I thinking? The crackling loud speaker was announcing orders to arrest me on sight.

  9. What is the purpose? • A little boy asked a teacher to put on his boots. The teacher struggled with the boots, but finally got them on the boy’s feet. The boy cried, “They are on the wrong feet!” The teacher took them off and put them on the right feet this time. The boy cried, “These aren’t my boots!” The teacher wiped the sweat from her forehead and took them off again. The boy cried, “They are my brother’s; my mom made me wear them today.” The teacher couldn’t believe her bad luck! She struggled, pushed and pulled to put the boots on again and asked the boy for his mittens. The boy said, “They are in my boots!”

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