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This document contains excerpts from multiple passages about identifying an author's purpose and intended audience. The passages provide information on common reasons authors write such as to inform, entertain, or persuade. They also offer tips for determining an author's purpose such as analyzing the main idea, intended readers, evidence used, and language choice. An example is then given of applying this analysis to identify the purpose and audience of a particular text.
This document contains excerpts from multiple passages about identifying an author's purpose and intended audience. The passages provide information on common reasons authors write such as to inform, entertain, or persuade. They also offer tips for determining an author's purpose such as analyzing the main idea, intended readers, evidence used, and language choice. An example is then given of applying this analysis to identify the purpose and audience of a particular text.
This document contains excerpts from multiple passages about identifying an author's purpose and intended audience. The passages provide information on common reasons authors write such as to inform, entertain, or persuade. They also offer tips for determining an author's purpose such as analyzing the main idea, intended readers, evidence used, and language choice. An example is then given of applying this analysis to identify the purpose and audience of a particular text.
Do Now: Read the texts below and identify the ways in which the
passages are similar and different. List them in your notebook.
Aim: How can readers
identify an authors purpose and intended audience?
Why Do Authors Write?
For many reasons! -An author may give you facts or true information about a subject. -Some authors write fiction stories or stories to entertain you. -Some authors may write to persuade or to try to get you to do or think something.
Why Authors Write
Usually to: -Persuade -Inform -Entertain
How to Determine An Authors
Purpose 1. Find the main idea 2. Ask yourself who or what kind of person would be interested in the subject 3. Find the authors evidence and ask yourself who would be persuaded by the support/evidence 4. Identify the authors choice in words--what kind of language is s/he using?
Model Text: Authors Purpose and Audience
Fullers purpose for writing Young Students is to share with the general public the research conducted by Plotnick and students from East Side Middle. He uses casual language, describing the hallmarks of academic literature to share with readers the experiments conducted by Plotnick and students on several captive elephants in northern Thailand.
Lets Revisit those First 2 Texts...
Homework: Due Tomorrow & Rubric
Read In a Birds Nest: An Animal Behavior Puzzle and identify both the authors purpose and audience. --Explain why the identified purpose & audience are correct by using logic, reason, and textual evidence (at least 1 piece for both purpose & audience)
New Reading Assignment
At your tables come up with one to two new reading assignment options As a class, well discuss the options