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The Author's Purpose

The Author's Purpose. P (persuade) I (inform) E (entertain) S (share feelings). Watch this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skX6RnnIkuM&playnext=1&list=PL294979ED7BF48853&feature=results_main. P (persuade). Persuade means to try to convince someone to think the same way you do.

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The Author's Purpose

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  1. The Author's Purpose P (persuade) I (inform) E (entertain) S (share feelings)

  2. Watch this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skX6RnnIkuM&playnext=1&list=PL294979ED7BF48853&feature=results_main

  3. P (persuade) Persuade means to try to convince someone to think the same way you do. Examples advertisements, newspaper editorials, junk mail, posters

  4. I (inform) Inform means to give someone information about something. Examples news reports, research papers, encyclopedias, school news letters, instructions, pamphlets from health clinics, maps, timelines, schedules, charts, graphs

  5. E (entertain) Entertain means to amuse someone. Examples fictional stories, comics, poems, jokes, riddles

  6. S (share feelings) Sharing feelings means to tell the reader what you are thinking. Examples journals, diaries, letters

  7. a sales ad wanting you to purchase a motorcycle

  8. P (persuade) • a sales ad wanting you to purchase a motorcycle

  9. the list of movies showing in your town and the times

  10. I (inform) • the list of movies showing in your town and the times

  11. the comic strips

  12. E (entertain) • the comic strips

  13. a flyer about a missing puppy

  14. I (inform) OR P (persuade) • a flyer about a missing puppy

  15. a post card from your friend from Hawaii

  16. S (share feelings) • a post card from your friend from Hawaii

  17. a letter to the editor explaining the need to recycle more

  18. P (persuade) • a letter to the editor explaining the need to recycle more

  19. a report about George Washington

  20. I (inform) • a report about George Washington

  21. bus schedule

  22. I (inform) • bus schedule

  23. a fairy tale

  24. E (entertain) • a fairy tale

  25. fire safety brochure

  26. I (inform) • fire safety brochure

  27. Additional Resources Author’s Purpose PowerPoint http://edujourney.net/Powerpoint%20Templates/Author's%20Purpose/Authors%20Purpose.ppt#257,1,Slide%201 Online Quiz http://wps.ablongman.com/long_henry_er_1/0,7989,1130503-,00.html Interactive Slideshow http://www.fcatexplorer.com/media/parent/tiplister/flash/tip210a.swf Reading Skills Rocket (Interactive Quiz) http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/trophies/rsr/build1/RR_e_4_20_ae.htm

  28. Additional Resources Quia http://www.quia.com/pop/82118.html?AP_rand=1726073753 Practice Author’s Purpose http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/j/authorpurposep.cfm Reading for a Purpose http://www.citycol.com/basic_skills/Quizzes/Purpose/reading_purpose.htm Author's Purpose and Point of View Pretest http://unx1.shsu.edu/~txcae/Powerpoints/prepostest/authorpovpretest.html Posttest http://unx1.shsu.edu/~txcae/Powerpoints/prepostest/authorpovpostest.html

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