Task 3 Name: Section: 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: to entertain Explain Your Answer: Write a sentence or two. Because it is a story and wants to entertain. 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: to inform Explain Your Answer: Write a sentence or two. It is giving an idea or information about great depression. It is written to inform. 3. An instructional booklet describing how to operate an MP3 player Author’s Purpose: to inform Explain Your Answer: Write a sentence or two. Because this text describing how to operate MP3 player using instructional booklet. Then, the purpose of the author is to inform. 4. An article where the author argues that an IPOD music player is better than a ZUNE Author’s Purpose: to persuade Explain Your Answer: Write a sentence or two.
The authors showing that IPOD music player is better than ZUNE. Try to encourage the reader. [email protected] 5. A poem about why the IPOD is the greatest consumer electronic device ever made Author’s Purpose: to entertain Explain Your Answer: Write a sentence or two. The text is a kind of poem and the poem is written to entertain. 6. The story of a young athlete who takes steroids and his life and future fall apart Author’s Purpose: to entertain Explain Your Answer: Write a sentence or two. Even though the readers can get information and lesson, it is a story wants to entertain. . A medical report describing the effects of steroids on the human body Author’s Purpose: to inform Explain Your Answer: Write a sentence or two. The author describe the effects of steroids on human body, therefore, the purpose of the author is t 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: to persuade Explain Your Answer: Write a sentence or two. The authors attempting to influence the readers that steroids have different effects. The purpose of the author is to persuade. [email protected] 9. A booklet containing the school rules and the consequences for violating those rules Author’s Purpose: to inform Explain Your Answer: Write a sentence or two. The text (student booklet) gives information to the reader. Therefore, the purpose of the author is to inform. 10. A story written about a young boy who moves to a new school and is bullied, but he gains self-confidence by joining a sports team and learns to stand up for himself. Author’s Purpose: to entertain Explain Your Answer: Write a sentence or two. To entertain is the main purpose of the story.
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