Question

What is the purpose of the text? what is the point of view of the author?

Answer 1

The purpose of an informational text is to inform the reader about a particular topic, as compared to apersuasive text, where the purpose is to persuade you of the author's opinion.

they choose their words for a purpose. When the author's purposeis to persuade, the author wants the reader to side with his or her position. A persuasive text contains facts and the author's opinion. ... If the author's purpose is to inform, the reader learns something from the text.