Describe what you think the author’s purpose was for writing this text and whether it was to PERSUADE, INFORM or ENTERTAIN. Support your response with two specific details from the text.
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An author's purpose is his reason for or intent in writing. An author's purpose may be to amuse the reader, to persuade the reader, to inform the reader, or to satirize a condition.
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When we talk of the author’s purpose we are referring to the why behind their writing. What motivated the author to produce their work? What is their intent and what do they hope to achieve?
The author’s purpose is the reason they decided to write about something in the first place.
There are many reasons a writer puts pen to paper. It’s important that our students possess the necessary tools for identifying these various reasons and intents.
Being able to identify the author’s purpose accurately is absolutely essential if the student is to effectively evaluate a piece of writing.
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF AUTHOR’S PURPOSE?
Depending who you talk to, when the question is raised about how many types of author’s purpose there are, you’ll generally be quoted a number ranging from around 3 to about 7.
A good starting point for students beginning to learn more about the different types of author’s purpose is to begin with the main 3: to persuade, to inform, and to entertain. These can easily be remembered with the PIE acronym.
However, these 3 represent only an introduction. In the interests of covering the topic a little more comprehensively, we will define 5 different types of author’s purpose, look at some examples of each in use, and give a few pointers helpful in identifying them.