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Author’s Purpose

Reasons for Writing

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Three Main Purposes

1. To Entertain

2. To Inform

3. To Persuade

Every text serves one of these purposes.

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Writing to Entertain

The MAIN purpose is to amuse readers.

Examples

• Stories

• Poems

• Plays

You may learn something from a story, but the MAIN purpose is to entertain.

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Writing to Inform

The MAIN purpose is to enlighten the reader.

Examples

Expository essays

Nonfiction texts

Instructions or directions

Informational writing may be entertaining, but the MAIN purpose is to inform.

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Writing to Persuade

The MAIN purpose is to convince the reader.

Examples

Persuasive Essays

Persuasive Speeches

Persuasive Letters or notes

Persuasive writing attempts to change the reader’s mind or get them to do something.

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Identifying the Author’s Purpose

1. Is the text a poem, story, or play?(if “yes” = entertain; if “no” = go to next)

2. Does the text mainly give facts and info?(if “yes” = inform; if “no” = go to next)

3. Does the text make arguments?(if “yes” = persuade; if “no” = start over)

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Practice

You will be graded on participation and completion, not on accuracy.

1. On a separate sheet of paper, number

one through ten.

2. I will describe a piece of writing.

3. You will write the author’s purpose: to

inform, persuade, or entertain.

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1

A note written by a young girl asking her ex-boyfriend to forgive her.

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2

A recipe for making potato pancakes

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3

The lyrics to a Lil Wayne song

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4

The warnings on a bottle of Tylenol

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5

A mailing from the American Cancer Society asking for donations to help fight cancer

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The script for a popular television show about vampires

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A map and schedule of bus routes

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A poem about how the world’s fresh water supplies are polluted

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An advertisement in a magazine to get readers to buy a new video game

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A schedule of movies and the times that they show for a local theatre

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