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Author’s Purpose

Author’s Purpose. WHY?. convince g ive facts fiction t wo or more feelings. P ersuade I nform E ntertain C ompare E xpress. Example 1. What is the most likely reason the author wrote “Picture This”? to persuade readers to learn photography

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Author’s Purpose

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  1. Author’s Purpose

  2. WHY?

  3. convince give facts fiction two or more feelings • Persuade • Inform • Entertain • Compare • Express

  4. Example 1 • What is the most likely reason the author wrote “Picture This”? • to persuade readers to learn photography • to share the benefits of a career in photography • to explain how photographic film captures an image • to encourage readers to develop their own film

  5. Example 2 • Source #1 and Source #2 are written on the same topic.  What was the purpose of each passage?  Were the purposes of the passages the same?  Did the articles achieve their purposes?  Use text evidence to support your answer.

  6. Example 3 • Which detail supports the author’s purpose for writing this selection? • Dog owners spend as much as $11,000 on their dogs in their lifetime • Dogs in other countries live in packs • There are more than 65 million pet dogs in the U.S. • People think that their dogs need only love from them

  7. You can tell from the first paragraph that this excerpt comes from a biography because the author… • explains what Latimer thought and felt • encourages readers to choose careers that use their talents • creates suspense about a fictional character. • uses stanzas and rhyming words to express an idea.

  8. What is the most likely reason the author wrote the article? • To convince the reader to purchase a meerkat for a pet. • To compare the meerkats ability to hunting for food to that of the domestic cat. • To describe the characteristics of the meerkat. • To discuss the importance of cooperation for meerkats and humans.

  9. The author probably wrote this selection to… • educate pet owners about the best ways to care for their pets • urge pet owners to make regular visits to their vet • describe the process of adopting a pet • influence readers to adopt pets from shelters

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