Author's Purpose

Understand why authors write and learn to identify the author's purpose in a text, whether it is to inform, persuade, or entertain.

Author's Purpose

Have you ever read a book, article, or a news report and wondered why the author wrote it? If so, you were probably trying to determine the author's purpose. The author's purpose is the reason why the author wrote the text. It can be one or more of several things, such as to inform, persuade, entertain, or describe.
Name some of the author's purposes. Inform, persuade, entertain or describe, Explain, convince, shock, confuse, Relate, refuse, surprise, alarm.

The author's purpose is not always explicitly stated in the text. Sometimes, you have to infer the purpose yourself by analyzing the content and tone of the writing. Identifying the author's purpose can help you better understand the text and what the author was trying to communicate.
Why is it important to identify the author's purpose? To understand the text better, To understand the readers, To know why the author wrote.

For example, if you are reading an article about the benefits of exercise, the author's purpose may be to inform you about the importance of physical activity. On the other hand, if you are reading an editorial about a political issue, the author's purpose may be to persuade you to take a particular stance on the issue.
If you are reading an article about, the benefits of exercise, what could be the author's purpose? To persuade, To inform, To confuse.

The author's purpose can vary depending on the type of writing, the intended audience, as well as the author's own beliefs and values. Identifying the author's purpose can also help you evaluate the credibility and reliability of the information presented in the text.

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