Author

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Authors Purpose

• An authors purpose is his or her reason
  for creating a particular work. The purpose may
  be to entertain, inform , to express and opinion,
  or to persuade readers to do or believe
  something. An author may have more than one
  purpose for writing, but usually one is most
  important.

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ENTERTAIN

• As the overworked teacher sat in the empty room
  diligently correcting papers, she looked up and
  thought she saw Simon from American Idol
  heading toward her desk. The sarcastic host was
  carrying a platter laden with money. Was this a
  reward for years of hard work, or a hallucination
  brought on by stress?
• Works Fiction novels, short stories, plays ,
  poetry, essays Periodicals newspapers, magazines

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INFORM (facts)

• Joseph Stalin was the second communist leader
  of the Soviet Union. He introduced a series of
  five-year plans in an attempt to industrialize
  the country.
• Works textbooks, autobiography, biography,
  essays, periodicals, Reference Sources
  encyclopedias, atlases, dictionaries

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EXPRESS AN OPINION

• I love hiking on a mountain trail. The fresh air
  invigorates me and the beauty of nature makes me
  glad to be alive!
• Look for I statements.
• Works journals, diaries, poetry, essays,
  editorials

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PERSUADE

• Members of the committee, do not vote for Justin
  Bieber for artist of the year. This man has no
  artistic talent whatsoever! His only apparent
  skill is the ability to be arrested.
• Trying to influence you.
• Works editorials, persuasive essays, political
  tracts

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AUTHORS PURPOSE BOOKLET

• Assignment
• You will create an authors purpose booklet.
  This booklet will include each type of authors
  purpose, the definition of each, an example of
  each type, and a justification for the example.

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COVER

• Create a title, Authors Purpose.
• List the four types on the cover and create an
  illustration for each. Clip art and computer use
  is fine.
• Do not use regular pencil on the cover and make
  sure that no white areas are showing.

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CONTENTS

• For each page, you will list one of the authors
  purposes and the definition which you will
  create.
• Glue an example of the purpose ( i.e. a
  newspaper/magazine article) on the page
• Next to the article, explain why it represents
  that particular authors purpose. You may use
  pencil on this part!

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PROOFREADING AND EDITING

• Check the following
• Spelling
• Grammar
• Capitalization
• Punctuation
• Sentence construction.