Author's
Purpose
Purpose
What does PIE stand for?
persuade, inform, entertain
What figurative language uses like or as?
A simile
It Explains how a problem is solved
Problem solution
Meaning: Light
Photo
The study of events through time.
Chronology
If the author use the senses, visual, imagery, and detail words, what is the authors purpose?
descriptive
What figurative language is this this?
I have a million things to do today!
Hyperbole
If the author uses descriptive words, what is the text structure?
Description
the study of life
biology
To measure how fast something is traveling.
Speedometer
If the author creates a step by step process, what is the authors purpose?
To explain
Gives human qualities or characteristics to an animal or a non-living thing.
Personificaction
If the story is in time order what is the text structure?
Sequence
Meaning:look/see
vis/vid
Biomass
The amount of space taken up by living things.
If the author is trying to convince the reader of something using research, what is the authors purpose?
to argue or defend
What type of figurative language are these examples?
"head over heels"
"a picture is worth a thousand words"
"Break a leg"
Idiom
If a story is explaining how things are alike and different what is the text structure?
Compare and contrast
A device used to transmit sound or voices over a long distance
telephone
Geography
If the author expresses his/her feeling to the reader, what is the authors purpose?
To Express
What figurative language are these examples?
"She has a heart of gold."
"I am feeling under the weather."
Metaphor
What is cause and effect?
Why something happened
used to measure temperature
thermometer
Transcribe
to write out a statement or speech given by someone else; taking notes