2. • When studying Author’s Purpose, you are
determining the author’s intent for creating
a piece of writing.
• Authors write with the intent to:
• Persuade
P E
• Inform
I
• Entertain

3. • Persuasive Writing expresses an opinion
and attempts to convince the reader that
the opinion is correct or tries to get you to
do something.
– Ex.
• An advertisement in a magazine to get
• readers to buy a new video game

4. • Informative writing provides the reader with
information about a specific topic.
• An author may give you facts or true information
about a subject.
–Ex.
• A biography about the life of Gary Paulsen

5. •Many authors write to entertain, creating
descriptive writing such as poetry, or
narrative writing such as stories.
-Ex.
• A story about a family of vampires
• fighting with a pack of werewolves

6. Example #1 - PERSUADE:
Every person understands religion slightly differently, and my
interpretation of Hindu gods is this. There are many gods who represent
different areas of life. For example, there is a well-known goddess called
Lakshmi, who is the Goddess of wealth. If you have her image in your home
and pray to it for wealth, you most likely will become wealthy. It worked for me; I
bought a sticker of the beautiful Lakshmi, a goddess which I knew nothing
about, and my wealth instantly boosted. This is because gods listen to your
needs when you pray to them. I think everyone should pray to a Hindu god
every day.
I bought a sticker of Buddha, which is again believed by Hindus to be
the incarnation of one aspect of God. When I got into my meditative position
and fixed my gaze at this sticker with a candle lit next to it, I very quickly got
into a deep meditation, which showed me that Buddha can be an excellent
meditation teacher, and again proved to me that Hindu gods are indeed
powerful and valid. You should consider praying to Buddha, too. As you can
see, Hindu gods have amazing powers and everyone should have one in their
home!

7. Example #1 - PERSUADE:
Every person understands religion slightly differently, and my
interpretation of Hindu gods is this. There are many gods who represent
different areas of life. For example, there is a well-known goddess called
Lakshmi, who is the Goddess of wealth. If you have her image in your home
and pray to it for wealth, you most likely will become wealthy. It worked for me; I
bought a sticker of the beautiful Lakshmi, a goddess which I knew nothing
about, and my wealth instantly boosted. This is because gods listen to your
needs when you pray to them. I think everyone should pray to a Hindu god
every day.
I bought a sticker of Buddha, which is again believed by Hindus to be
the incarnation of one aspect of God. When I got into my meditative position
and fixed my gaze at this sticker with a candle lit next to it, I very quickly got
into a deep meditation, which showed me that Buddha can be an excellent
meditation teacher, and again proved to me that Hindu gods are indeed
powerful and valid. You should consider praying to Buddha, too. Hindu gods
have amazing powers and everyone should have one in their home!

8. Example #2 - INFORM:
Hinduism is the world’s third most popular religion. The
religion of Hinduism originated in Northern India, near the Indus
River approximately 4,000 years ago. It was the religion of an
ancient people known as the Aryans ("noble people") whose
philosophy, religion, and customs are recorded in their sacred
texts known as the Vedas. These texts were initially handed down
by word of mouth from teacher to student. It was not until much
later that they were actually written down. Archeological evidence
from the Indus Valley civilization of northwestern India helps to
establish Hinduism as the world's oldest living religion. Today,
Hinduism is practiced by more than 80% of India's population and
there are almost one billion people practicing Hinduism all over
the world.

9. Example #2 - INFORM:
Hinduism is the world’s third most popular religion. The
religion of Hinduism originated in Northern India, near the Indus
River approximately 4,000 years ago. It was the religion of an
ancient people known as the Aryans ("noble people") whose
philosophy, religion, and customs are recorded in their sacred
texts known as the Vedas. These texts were initially handed down
by word of mouth from teacher to student. It was not until much
later that they were actually written down. Archeological evidence
from the Indus Valley civilization of northwestern India helps to
establish Hinduism as the world's oldest living religion. Today,
Hinduism is practiced by more than 80% of India's population and
there are almost one billion people practicing Hinduism all over
the world.

10. Example #3 - ENTERTAIN:
3,500 years ago, a little girl named Puja lived on the banks
of the Ganges River in a small town in northern India. Her parents
were farmers, and they were waiting patiently for the monsoon
rains to come. With each passing day, the ground became dryer
and dryer. Food was running out, and Puja’s family couldn’t wait
much longer for the rain to come or their family would starve or be
forced to move. Puja did all she could to help her family. She
prayed day and night to Annapurna, the Hindu goddess of the
harvest, that the rains would soon come so her family wouldn’t
have to move. Much to her delight, the next morning, Puja awoke
to the glorious sounds of the heavy rains beating down like a drum
on the roof of her home, and she knew everything would be
alright.
*Challenge* What figurative language device is being used in the
last sentence?

11. •If the author is telling a story, his
purpose is probably to _____________.
entertain
•If the author is giving opinions and
trying to convince, his purpose is
persuade
probably to _____________.
•If the author is telling facts, his
inform
purpose is probably to _____________.