Author's Purpose
The author’s purpose is the main reason
that he/she has for writing the selection. Understanding Author's Purpose can be easy as P.I.E.
The author’s purpose may be to persuade, inform or entertain.
- The author is trying to make the reader agree with something important. The author wants to persuade you to see their point of view.
- To inform is to teach a lesson or to show how to make something. You usually read something informational to learn more about a certain subject.
- To entertain is to tell a funny story or to tell what a person or place is like in an interesting or funny way. You usually read something entertaining for fun.
- The author is trying to make the reader agree with something important. The author wants to persuade you to see their point of view.
- To inform is to teach a lesson or to show how to make something. You usually read something informational to learn more about a certain subject.
- To entertain is to tell a funny story or to tell what a person or place is like in an interesting or funny way. You usually read something entertaining for fun.