Author's Purpose

• with an attempt to persuade the reader to believe, think, feel, or do something?


  persuade
• to inform the reader about the chosen topic?

  inform
• to entertain the reader, with humor or telling a story?

  entertain
• using descriptive words (adjectives) to a topic?

  describe
•  to explain the chosen subject and to possibly give it more details?

  explain
• tone

  • it tells how the author thinks about his or her subject
  • it influences the story's mood / atmosphere
  • not stated directly
• mood

  • it is a literary element
  • the feeling the reader gets from the story
  • expressed through setting and atmosphere