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Author’s Purpose Notes. Author’s Purpose = why he/she is writing, what he/she is trying to achieve . Can be more than one, but usually one main purpose Examples : To inform or explain To persuade , convince To express thoughts/ feelings To entertain. How do you figure it out?.
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Author’s Purpose= why he/she is writing, what he/she is trying to achieve • Can be more than one, but usually one main purpose Examples: • To inform or explain • To persuade, convince • To express thoughts/ feelings • To entertain
How do you figure it out? Think: • Who is the audience? • What does the author want to happen? • What choices did he/she make with subject, tone, diction, details, and words?
Author’s Perspective= the lens through which a writer looks at a topic, influenced by their values, experiences, feelings • Think about focus, word choice, tone
Organization and Format= how the writing is set up Common patterns= Chronological Compare/Contrast Cause/EffectClassification Use text features to help understand a topic= captions, headings, boldfaced type
Chronological= describes events in time order • Used to explain events in easy-to-follow way • Used to tell a suspenseful story • Look for signal words such as “before,” “finally,” “first,” “next,” “then”
Compare/Contrast= shows similarities/ differences between subjects • Used to show benefits of one subject over another • Used to compare an unfamiliar subject with a familiar one • Look for signal words like “also,” “and,” “but,” “in contrast”, “unlike”, “while”
Cause and effect= explains the results of an action, how one event leads to another, explains why something happened • Signal words: “consequently,” “contributed, ”“ as a result,” “therefore” Page Turner
Classification: Organizing information by categories or groups • Signal words: “ divide”, “characteristics,” “elements,” “groups” See pages 4-10, Table of Contents
