Author's Purpose 1
What is the acronym used to identify Author's Purpose?
PIE
Would you like to sit in your car and be driven home while you sleep? Well self- driving cars
can give you this luxury. They are safer and more reliable than traditional vehicles.
What is the the Author's Purpose?
To persuade
What are context clues?
Hints given by the author to help define unfamiliar words.
I will persuade my mother to send me to the party.
What does persuade mean?
to convince
What is paraphrasing?
Rewriting a text in your own words without changing the meaning of the original text.
P is to Persuade, as I is to....
Inform
It was a cold night and David went out for a walk. He grabbed his coat and gloves, placed
his woolly hat on his head and headed for the door...
What is the Author's Purpose?
To Entertain
A writer may use a synonym as a clue for an unfamiliar word.
What is a synonym?
A word that is similar in meaning to another word.
A writer may use an antonym as a clue for an unfamiliar word.
What is a antonym?
An antonym is a word that is opposite in meaning.
What is summarizing?
This means to write a shortened or condensed version of the main idea of a text in your own words.
Writings such as stories and poems are written to...
Entertain
Jane wrote a letter to the principal of her school to ask for more recess time. She gave many
reasons why recess should be extended.
What was Jane's purpose of writing this letter?
To persuade the principal to give more time for recess.
Diana was very brazen, but Darren was shy.
What does brazen mean?
bold/brave/ unashamed
The team was elated because they had won the state championship.
What does elated mean?
excited/ extremely happy
What is the main difference between quoting and paraphrasing?
Quoting is using the exact words of the writer(enclosed in quotation marks) but with
paraphrasing the information is written in your own words.
To assemble the toy, you must first remove it from the box, read the instructions then follow the steps.
What is the Author's Purpose?
Inform
A brochure was created with details about all the attractions and rides at an Amusement park.
What is the Author's Purpose?
To inform
The mendicant sat outside the train station with a cup, hoping someone would give him a
dollar.
Who is a mendicant?
A beggar
Fish , whales and dolphins are aquatic animals.
What does aquatic mean?
water
Sea turtles are reptiles. They face many dangers at the hands of humans, like accidental
capture and entanglement in fishing gear, loss of nesting and feeding sites to coastal development,poaching
and ocean pollution.
Sea turtles are threatened by human activities.
Sea turtles are becoming endangered because of human beings.
Give a synonym for persuade. Hint it begins with a 'c'.
convince
Just like NASA, PIE is an example of an__________.
Acronym
The allegations were spurious, so Jana was more determined to prove her innocence.
What two words help you to know the meaning of spurious?
allegations and innocence
Everyone laughed at how absurd Dave looked with the enormous cheese hat flopped on his
head .
What is the meaning of absurd and enormous?
absurd-silly/goofy enormous-big/ huge
A primary aim of the Constitution was to create a government that would be powerful enough to run the country, but would not impose on people's or state's rights. To avoid too much power being held by one person or group, they created the Balance of Power between the three branches of government: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial.
The constitution was created to protect people's/citizen's rights.