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Authors Purpose. 2 Different types of Texts. NARRATIVE IT’S A STORY MAIN PURPOSE TO ENTERTAIN CHARACTERS PLOT SETTING SEQUENCE OF EVENTS CLIMAX DIALOUGE . EXPOSITORY . MAIN PURPOSE INFORM/EXPLAIN KEY CHARACTERISTIC HEADINGS THEY SEPARATE THE STORY INTO DIFFERENT IDEAS

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  1. Authors Purpose

  2. 2 Different types of Texts • NARRATIVE • IT’S A STORY • MAIN PURPOSE TO ENTERTAIN • CHARACTERS • PLOT • SETTING • SEQUENCE OF EVENTS • CLIMAX • DIALOUGE

  3. EXPOSITORY • MAIN PURPOSE • INFORM/EXPLAIN • KEY CHARACTERISTIC • HEADINGS • THEY SEPARATE THE STORY INTO DIFFERENT IDEAS • USUALLY THEY GIVE THE MAIN IDEA OF THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPHS

  4. AUTHORS PURPOSE • EXPLAIN • ENTERTAIN • PERUSADE • DESCRIBES

  5. EXPLAIN • THE AUTHOR TELLS WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN AND WHY. • “BECAUSE” – ITS EXPLAINING SOMETHING • JOHNOTHAN WENT TO THE MALL BECAUSE HE NEEDED A NEW PAIR OF SHOES. • BECAUSE KILLER WHALES HUNT IN GROUPS LIKE WOLVES, THEY ARE CALLED “WOLVES OF THE SEA”

  6. EXPLAIN EXAMPLES • TEXT BOOK • MANUALS (COOK BOOKS, INSTRUCTIONS) • NEWS ARTICLES • HOW-TO-BOOKS

  7. ENTERTAIN NARRATIVE -TELLING YOU A STORY -CHARACTER -SETTING -PLOT

  8. ENTERTAIN EXAMPLES • DR. SUESS – CHILDRENS BOOK • SCHOOLED – YOUNG ADULT NOVEL • KINGDON KEEPERS - MYSTERY

  9. PERSUADE • TO CHANGE YOUR MIND/OPINION • TRYING TO GET YOU TO THINK THEIR WAY

  10. PERSUASIVE EXAMPLES • OPINION ARTICLES • SUBJECTIVE VS OBJECTIVE • SUBJECTIVE = IT CHANGES FROM PERSON TO PERSON • OBJECTIVE = BASED ON FACT • COMMERCIALS • ADVERTISMENTS • NEWS PAPER, COMPUTERS, BILLBOARDS, FLYERS • INFORMERCIALS, PHONE CALLS, MAGAZINES, SPORTS

  11. DESCRIBE • GIVES DETAILS • ABOUT PEOPLE, PLACES, THINGS, EVENTS • WHAT MOOSE LOOK LIKE • A MOOSE IS 7 FEET TALL AND HAS ANTLERS THAT CAN REACH 3 FEET IN HEIGHT.

  12. THE OUTSIDERS • PURPOSE OF TEXT • ENTERTAIN • KIND OF TEXT • NARRATIVE • CHARACTER • SETTING • PLOT

  13. CHARACTERS • PONYBOY • SODA POP • JOHNNY • TWO BIT • DALLY AKA DALLAS • SHERRY AKA CHERRY • DARRY AKA DARRYL • MARCIA • BOB SHELDON • RANDY • STEVE RANDALL • BUCK • MICKEY MOUSE (HORSE) • TIM SHEPARD

  14. SETTING • TULSA, OKLAHOMA • 1960’S

  15. PLOT • ABOUT GANGS THAT FIGHT BECAUSE THEY ARE IN DIFFERENT SOCIAL CLASSES.

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