Semester B Unit 1 Lesson 11 Introduction and Objective As we have learned already, the author of a text has a purpose. This purpose may be to inform, entertain or to persuade, among many other purposes. In order to determine the author purpose one must first know what it is that they are reading. If you are reading a textbook, the author wants to inform you. If you are reading a story, the author wants to entertain you. If you are reading a brochure or speech, the author wants to persuade you. Today's lesson objectives are: • Students will be able to determine an author's purpose in a text. • Students will be able to explain how an author's purpose is conveyed through the text. • Students will be able to compare and contrast how different …show more content…
Have you had to write a story? Have you had to write an essay? Have you had to write a research report on a specific topic or a persuasive essay persuading the reader? These types of writing all have a purpose and they can be similar and different in many ways. Write down some ways they are similar and different. Open your digital notebook and describe your strategy and the reading skills you will use to succeed in this lesson. Link: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Afro_American_children_sweet_girl.jpg Instruction, Modeling and Student Activities As we know, there are three main reasons why an author writes: to entertain, to inform, and to persuade. Let’s look the following examples: Example 1: The purpose for writing a story about a family who live through a war is to entertain. Example 2: The purpose for writing a history book describing the Great Depression is to inform. Example 3: The purpose of a poem expressing the idea of love is to entertain. Example 4: The purpose of writing an article on the effects of global warming is to persuade. Each one of these texts has a …show more content…
Some text may belong in more than one genre. Understanding the genre will help you know what to expect from a text on its genre. When it comes to topics and themes, two different genres can have similar topics and themes. Example 1: The Giver is considered science fiction, but can also be looked as fantasy. It can be considered both because it has qualities of science fiction, such as it is not possible to erase memory and bring it all back to everyone. It also has qualities of a fantasy, such as having the Giver who is the only one with all the memory. One theme of The Giver is “the importance of being an individual.” One topic is “growing up.” Example 2: Think back to the unit when you read The Boy on the Wooden Box by Leon Leyson. That book was classified as Nonfiction because it is a true story. However, The Boy on the Wooden Box has some of the same themes as The Giver. Both of the books deal with a fear of the unknown and the struggles of growing up. Let’s look at the similarities and differences between the two stories: The Giver and The Boy on the Wooden Box are both about a
Authors have a variety of motives for writing, which are termed as the author’s purpose. The four main purposes for writing are to express oneself, to explain or inform, to entertain, or to persuade. In the nonfiction story, "The First Appendectomy" written by Dr. William Nolen, the author's purpose is to inform.
...to interpret the material up to the reader, but the use of these appeals help persuade the audience member to think a certain way. These analytical tools prove just how effective and in depth writers go into their material to make their work come across more powerful and influential, and each of these authors did just that.
Over the years, writing has been used as an art form, allowing people to write their thoughts. Though, the most torrential puzzle of writing is the reasoning behind the words on a page. The logic behind any piece of literature falls into categories of wants and needs. There are three essays to which these categories are explained in further detail with more depth. Firstly, “Not So Deadly Sin” which focuses on the act of lying and exaggeration.
There are three reasons why authors write. It is usually to persuade, inform, or entertain. These reasons can be remembered by using the acronym P.I.E.
There are many aspects for my mind to conceive while reading the articles why I write by George Orwell and Joan Didion. There are many different factors in triggering an author’s imagination to come up with what they want to write, and why they want to write it. In most writings a purpose is not found before the writer writes, but often found after they decide to start writing.
This book is written by Lois Lowry, a prominent writer of modern time. The title, "The Giver" is a novel which is a science fiction and intended for the children. The book was first published in the year of 1993.
“The Giver.” Novels for Students. Ed. Diane Telgen and Kevin S. Hile. Vol. 3. Detroit, MI: Gale Research,1998. 167-81. Print.
1. Growing up we all heard stories. Different types of stories, some so realistic, we cling onto them farther into our lives. Stories let us see and even feel the world in different prespectives, and this is becuase of the writter or story teller. We learn, survive and entertain our selves using past experiences, which are in present shared as stories. This is why Roger Rosenblatt said, "We are a narrative species."
"Of the modes of persuasion...there are three kinds. The first...personal character of the speaker; the second on putting the audience into a certain frame of mind; the third on the proof"-Aristotle. People have always been using multiple tactics to persuade their fellow humans. They set up an image, explain a truth, or put their audience in a state of mind to achieve their goals. They may want to entertain, convince, or show an audience meaning. It is the same for authors. Although authors can't speak their words have power to dazzle the mind! They can put their readers in a their desired state of mind, using structure and logic to achieve their purpose.
writer to fulfill her/his purpose and make the life of a reader less complicated and more enjoyable.
To commence, between The Giver and modern day society, the novels society has no individuality compared to modern day society. In modern day society you have the individuality to have feelings for one another, pick your spouse, and have as many kids you would like. In The Giver’s society they can’t have feelings, pick their spouse, or have as many
The Giver provides a chance that readers can compare the real world with the society described in this book through some words, such as release, Birthmothers, and so on. Therefore, readers could be able to see what is happening right now in the real society in which they live by reading her fiction. The author, Lowry, might build the real world in this fiction by her unique point of view.
The Giver is about a boy named Jonas who was chosen to be the community’s next Receiver of Memory. He lived in a community where everything was chosen for the citizens, and everything was perfect. During Jonas' training, he realized that the community was missing something and that there was more in the world. Jonas wanted everybody to know that. The Giver book was then made into a movie. Though the two were based with the same story plot, there are three important differences that results with two different takes on the same story. The three main differences between the book and the movie are Asher and Fiona's Assignments, the similarity all Receivers had, and the Chief Elder's role.
The three things that are included in the author's purpose are, entertain, persuade, and inform. Informing helps the reader understand by giving information about your source. Persuading is used to get the reader hooked, to go along with the author's belief or thought process. Lastly, entertain is used to keep the reader focused, and wanting to continue to read more. In The 5th Wave the author’s purpose is to entertain. Feeling like the characters could die at any moment, leads the readers to their emotions within the written words. For instance, when Cassie ran away from Evan Walker’s house he found her in the woods by a tree. Because of Cassie’s cluelessness the sniper came too close to them with a gun, which leaves the reader with butterflies in their stomach. The excitement in the author’s written words, make the little voice inside the reader's head say “keep reading”. In Stephen Hawking’s article the purpose is to inform. He wants people to learn about aliens and for them to understand that aliens could arrive some day. Entertaining and informing are two different things. When you are trying to entertain your audience you want to put the hook out there so they can grab onto it like a fish. When you are informing you want the reader to learn something from the source. All these reasons lead to why author’s purpose is very
D. There are three reasons or purposes for writing, and all text can be fit into one of these purposes: writing to entertain, writing to inform, and writing to persuade. Choice (A) is incorrect because readers can read to learn, but writers do not write to learn. That is not a purpose of the writing process. Choice (B) is incorrect because writing for reflection is a personal type of writing and is generally not shared with an audience. Choice (C) is incorrect for the same reason.