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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

AUTHORS PURPOSE

WHY DID THE AUTHOR MAKE THIS?
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PERSUADE

  • Includes opinions
  • Tries to get you to do something
  • Ex:commercials & advertisements
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INFORM

  • Learn from it
  • Nonfiction/facts
  • Ex: newspaper, textbooks, look books, biographies
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EXPRESS

  • Personal feelings
  • Ex:Journal/Diary, letter to friend, Autobiography, songs, poems
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ENTERTAIN

  • Enjoyable
  • Sad, happy, funny, etc.
  • Ex:Fiction, movie scripts, Drama, comics, graphic novels
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DESCRIBE

  • Figurative Language
  • Sensory Language
  • Tell about a topic
  • Ex: Poetry, Imaginary