Definition
author's goal is to convince the reader to agree with the author's opinion.
Persuade Definition
Author's Purpose
The reason why an author or authors write literature.
How to build a treehouse, a recipe: how to bake a cake.
To Explain
To Explain
How to build a treehouse, a receipe: how to bake a cake.
author's goal is to enlighten the reader with topics that are usually real or contain facts with valid information.
Inform Definition
Persuade Definition
author's goal is to convince the reader to agree with the author's opinion.
advertisements, commercials, newspaper editorials
To Persuade
author's goal is to provide enjoyment for the reader.
Entertain Definition
Inform Definition
The author's goal is to enlighten the reader with topics that are usually real or contain facts with valid information.
textbooks, cookbooks, encyclopedias, newspaper
to inform
The author is giving a detailed explanation of events, a process.
Explain Definition
Entertain Definition
author's goal is to provide enjoyment for the reader.
poems, stories, plays, comic strips, short story, novels, comedies, riddles, jokes, song lyrics
To Entertain
Who the writer writes for (young adults, parents, children, policemen, voters, scientists, etc.)
Audience
Explain Definition
The author is giving a detailed explanation of events, a process.
Author's Purpose
The reason why an author or authors write literature.