Transcript Author`s Purpose

Author’s Purpose
Reasons Authors Write
EPIC
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Entertain
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Persuade
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Inform
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Critique
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Entertain
Authors also write to
provide pleasure to
the reader.
Examples:
Fictional books
Comics
Movie scripts
Persuade
To persuade means
the author is trying
to convince you to
do something.
Examples:
Advertisements
Persuasive Essays
Inform
Sometimes authors
write to give the
reader information.
Examples:
News articles
Memos
Textbooks
Critique
Sometime authors
critique (analyze or
evaluate) something.
Examples:
movie critiques
editorials
election articles
EPIC
Entertain
Persuade
Inform
Critique
What’s the Purpose?
Purpose?
Tumbleweed Tree Lighting Festivities
Join us in celebrating the 50th anniversary of this special
event! Chandler is the lone city in the Southwest with
a holiday tree made out of tumbleweeds, a unique sight that
draws visitors from far and wide during the holidays. This
community celebration also includes the festive Parade of
Lights.
Saturday, Dec. 2, 2006 - 7 p.m.
Purpose?
Horoscopes
If you're itching for a big drama to come into your life, don't do anything new -because there's a doozy of a soap opera coming your way soon! Luckily, it will
have an adventurous, lost-on-a-desert-island type of plot and not a teary dreary
one. Be ready to roll and travel at a moment's notice -- is your passport up-todate? You might not get a lot of sleep over the next few days, but you will
definitely be having a heck of a lot of fun!
Purpose?
Cavuto: America’s #1 Movie, Happy Feet, Is ‘Offensive,’ ‘An Animated
Inconvenient Truth’
Happy Feet,” is “an entertaining story about a young bird’s
journey toward self-acceptance.” But to Fox News’ Neil Cavuto it’s insidious “far left”
political propaganda.
Cavuto saw the movie with his sons and found it “offensive.” Cavuto objected to the fact
that penguins in the movie have trouble finding food because of overfishing and oil
drilling. Cavuto called the film “an animated ‘Inconvenient Truth.’ I half expected to see
an animated version of Al Gore pop-up.” Watch it:
The #1 movie in the country, the animated film “
Purpose?
Digi Draw 3d
With Digi-draw 3-D you can trace your favorite 3D objects for
the first time ever! Trace a stuffed animal, a model car or even a
trophy. Draw on a greeting card, a t-shirt or a skateboard.
Impress everyone by turning a real life object into a piece of art!