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Idenfying Author’s Purpose Summarizing Persuade: Authors may write to persuade you to do something. Contains opinions or tries to get readers to do/buy/believe something. Describe - Authors inform by using detailed descripons. Contains lots of details. Inform: ` Explain - Authors inform by explaining something that may be difficult to under stand. Has facts and how-tos. Entertain - Authors entertain by wring stories that are happy, funny or pleasure ble to read. An entertaining passage may be enjoya ble, tells a personal story, or has humor.

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Page 1: Identifying Author’s Purpose · Identifying Author’s Purpose Summarizing Persuade: Authors may write to persuade you to do something. Contains opinions or tries to get readers

Identifying Author’s Purpose

Summarizing

Persuade: Authors may write to persuade you to do

something. Contains opinions or tries to

get readers to do/buy/believe

something.

Describe - Authors inform by using

detailed descriptions. Contains lots of

details.

Inform: ` Explain - Authors inform by explaining

something that may be difficult to under

stand. Has facts and how-tos.

Entertain - Authors entertain by writing stories that

are happy, funny or pleasure ble to read.

An entertaining passage may be enjoya

ble, tells a personal story, or has humor.

Page 2: Identifying Author’s Purpose · Identifying Author’s Purpose Summarizing Persuade: Authors may write to persuade you to do something. Contains opinions or tries to get readers

SIMILE

METAPHOR

IDIOM

PERSONIFICAITON

Interpreting figurative Language