ELA

100

BAD

-500 points haha

100

advertisements, commercials, newspaper editorials

Examples of Author's Purpose: To Persuade

200

why am author writes something

authors purpose

200

poems, stories, plays, comic strips, short story, novels, comedies, riddles, jokes, song lyrics

Examples of Author's Purpose: To Entertain

300

author's goal is to convince the reader to agree with the author's opinion or change the reader's mind on something

persuade

300

FREE

+111 points

400

author's goal is to enlighten the reader with topics that are usually real or contain facts; facts are used to teach and not persuade

inform

400

Bad one

-100 points

500

menus, catalogs, travel brochures, technical manuals

Examples of Describe / Explain

500

textbooks, cookbooks, encyclopedias, newspapers

Examples of Author's Purpose: To Inform