Author's Purpose (AP)
What is inform?
to give information, facts
When an author write an inform passage, they are nonfiction and have _________
facts, true information
A nonfiction book about what frogs eat would have which author's purpose?
inform
What is an Sharecropper?
a system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop.
What does HBCU mean?
Historically Black College or University
What is author's purpose?
The reason why the author is writing (to entertain, persuade, or inform)
When the author wants to make you smile and laugh, they will use _______________ as their purpose.
entertain
What is the author's purpose for an advertisement from Walmart telling you to buy some apples?
Persuade
What is the Great Migration?
one of the largest movements of people in United States history. Approximately six million Black people moved from the American South to Northern, Midwestern, and Western states roughly from the 1910s until the 1970s.
What are the five parts of the purpose pie?
Persuade Inform Entertain Explain Describe
What is entertain?
fiction, talking animals, silly
The Author's _________ helps us understand why they are writing.
Purpose
Nonfiction
Who is Ruby Bridges?
the first African American child to desegregate William Frantz Elementary School.
What does Black Codes mean?
restricted black people's right to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public spaces
What is persuade?
to push someone to do something, opinion based
The Author's Purpose ___________ means to push someone to do something.
Persuade
An article in the newspaper about a fundraiser that occurred over the weekend.
Inform
Who led the Selma to Montgomery March?
Martin Luther King Jr.
What does Explain mean in Authors Purpose?
How to do something
What are the 3 author's purpose types?
inform, entertain, persuade
A true story about George Washington would use the author's purpose ___________.
inform
The book Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs would have which author's purpose?
Entertain
Along with MLK who else participated in the Civil Rights Movement by not giving up their seat on the bus?
Rosa Parks
What does Describe mean
To visualize a person place or thing