Author's Purpose
What is author's purpose?
It is the reason an author writes something (like a book, a note, an article, etc.)
What are text structures?
Text structure is the way authors organize information in text.
What is a primary source and provide an example.
A primary source is a description of an event that comes from someone who was there to see or experience it.
What is an inference?
An inference is when you use context clues and make an educated guess to make a prediction.
What is a biography and an autobiography?
A biography is an account on someone ELSE'S life and an autobiography is an account of one's OWN life.
Give four types of author's purpose.
Persuade, Inform, Entertain, Describe, Teach, Explain, Recount, Instruct
What does problem and solution text structures do?
The describe a problem and how it can be solved or how it was fixed.
What is a secondary source and an example of it.
A secondary source is a description of an event based on research; given by someone who was NOT there to see the event occur.
What is the first step to making an objective summary?
State the title.
What gives users an overview of the document's contents and organization, allowing the reader to go directly to a specific section of a document?
Hint: This is found at the beginning of a book.
Table of contents
What is the author's purpose?
A journalist writes an article about the results of the political race for city mayor.
Inform.
What are 3 key words that help you identify that a passage is in order and sequence?
first, next, during, before, after, then, last, finally, in the beginning, in the end, to start
Speeches, interviews and photographs are considered what type of sources?
Primary sources.
What are the second and third steps when making an objective summary?
The second step is to ASSIGN an author or publication company and the third step is to give an ACTION use a verb like explains, describes, articulates, or tells to describe what the author writes about in the text you are summarizing.
What is the difference between an autobiography and a memoir?
An autobiography looks at a person's WHOLE life (from birth to the present) and a memoir only focuses on a specific, historical account.
What is the author's purpose?
A blogger writes a post about her family’s first visit to Disney World and what they did at the parks.
To describe or recount.
What are 3 key words that help you identify that a passage is comparing and contrasting?
similar, alike, same, both, just, like, unlike, different, in contrast, on the other hand
A newspaper article titled "Oahu Bombed by Japanese Planes" in the Honolulu Star Bulletin is what type of source?
Secondary source because newspaper articles are secondary sources.
In this step, use your supporting details and ideas from the article to provide depth to your summary. What step is this called?
Details.
What is a glossary?
An alphabetical list of terms or words found in or relating to a specific subject, text, or dialect, with explanations; a brief dictionary.
What is the author's purpose?
A blogger writes a tutorial on how to create a reel on Instagram.
To explain.
What type of text structure does this paragraph use:
Eutrophication, part of the natural aging process for bodies of water such as ponds or lakes, occurs due to a buildup of nitrates and phosphates over time. These compounds, often found in fertilizers, are plant nutrients that stimulate the growth of plants and algae in the water. As the amount of plant matter in the pond increases, more plants start to die off. Bacteria that decompose the dead plants also consume the oxygen in the water, so fish and other water animals soon die for lack of oxygen. The pond eventually becomes choked with plant matter and grows shallower. Ultimately, as shrubs grow where water once was, the pond dies.
Cause and Effect.
Tell me what are primary and secondary sources or if it is neither.
- An exact copy of the 1527 document that inspired the Protestant Reformation
- Laws passed in the 1520s and 1530s that were part of the Protestant Reformation
-A list of religious leaders in the 21st century
-Primary
-Primary
-Neither
Label each part of this sentence.
In the article, “Al Capone: The Original Gangster,” Cahill describes Al Capone’s life as a notorious killer and bootlegger.
In the article, “Al Capone: The Original Gangster,” - State it
Cahill - Assign
describes - Action
Al Capone’s life as a notorious killer and bootlegger. - complete the sentence.
What is narrative nonfiction?
It is nonfiction account that is told in a STORY-like format.