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Author’s Purpose Activity - El Paso Community College Flipbook PDF
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Author’s Purpose Activity Directions: Read the descriptions of each item and determine the author’s purpose in writing it (to entertain, persuade, or inform). Then, in a sentence or two, explain your answer. 1. A story about a family trying to stick together and survive through the Great Depression in the Midwest in the 1930s Author’s Purpose: Entertain Explain Your Answer: Write a sentence or two.
Stories are written to entertain. This is a story.
2. A section in a history book describing the conditions and causes of the Great Depression in the Midwest in the 1930s Author’s Purpose: Inform Explain Your Answer: Write a sentence or two.
This text provides information about the Great Depression. Therefore, it was written to
inform.
3. An instructional booklet describing how to operate an MP3 player Author’s Purpose: Inform Explain Your Answer: Write a sentence or two.
This text is an instruction manual. Therefore, it was written to inform.
4. An article where the author argues that an IPOD music player is better than a ZUNE Author’s Purpose: Persuasive
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Explain Your Answer: Write a sentence or two.
The author is attempting to influence the reader. Therefore, it was written to persuade.
5. A poem about why the IPOD is the greatest consumer electronic device ever made Author’s Purpose: Entertain Explain Your Answer: Write a sentence or two.
The main purpose for writing poems and stories is to entertain, even if a lesson can be learned or a reader could be influenced.
6. The story of a young athlete who takes steroids and his life and future fall apart Author’s Purpose: Entertain Explain Your Answer: Write a sentence or two.
Although readers could learn a lesson, the main purpose of a story is to entertain the reader.
7. A medical report describing the effects of steroids on the human body Author’s Purpose: Inform Explain Your Answer: Write a sentence or two.
This text provides information. Therefore, the author's purpose is to inform.
8. A speech written by Jose Canseco listing the negative effects of steroids and urging young athletes to not use steroids Author’s Purpose: Persuade
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Explain Your Answer: Write a sentence or two.
The author is attempting to influence or persuade the reader to not use steroids.
9. A booklet containing the school rules and the consequences for violating those rules Author’s Purpose: Inform Explain Your Answer: Write a sentence or two.
This text provides information on what may happen if students get caught violating rules.
10. A story written about a young boy who moves to a new school and is bullied, but he gains selfconfidence by joining a sports team and learns to stand up for himself. Author’s Purpose: Entertain Explain Your Answer: Write a sentence or two.
The main purpose of a narrative is to entertain the reader.
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