SCTW Pt 1: Author's Purpose
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Jamilah Stith
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SCTW Pt 1: Author's Purpose + Text Features
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Author's Purpose
Author's purpose is the reason they wrote the book.
We can find author's purpose by analyzing details and word choice.
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3 Types of Author's Purpose (PIE)
Persuade: asking the reader to do something
Inform: Giving information to a specific audience.
Entertain: Simply to be enjoyed; normally fiction
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Fill in the Blanks
What are the three kinds of Author's Purpose (PIE)?
Type answer...
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Text features
Anything besides a word that is inside a book
Picture, caption, map, link, qr code, video, table, chart, etc
Using the text features help readers understand the content.
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Open Ended
Give 3 examples of a text feature.
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Prologue
Beginning of a book, written by the author.
Sets the scene by giving background information
Gives details on what happened right before the audience showed.
As a semi-narrator, the writer of the prologue sometimes gives their short opinion on what's going on.
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Multiple Select
What purposes does the prologue serve? Select three options
to provide background information
to specify what a particular section of text will be about
to discuss events leading up to what happens in the text
to offer a perspective on events in the text
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Multiple Choice
What is the purpose of this passage?
I wanted to know more about the beguiling Nina, and my cousin had plenty of stories to share. He told me that her grandfather was a Russian serf—a farmer who could be bought and sold by the noble who owned his land. Family legend has it that this serf, a remarkable and intelligent man, helped to change the course of the history of sugar. In the early 1800s, the British controlled most of the sugar plantations of the Caribbean and the sea routes to Europe. As a result, their rivals were desperate to find a new way to create sugar. They turned to beets.
It explains why the person telling the story is fascinated with Russian history.
It provides background on how a family from Russia got into the sugar business.
It explains that beets can be grown, processed, and refined into sugar for market.
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