1. Paragraphs and Purpose
Brenda Jackson is the 1st African American female
romance writer to become a USA Today and New York
Times bestselling novelist.

2. What do YOU like to read

3. What do YOU like to write?
*Poetry *Diary *Blog *E-mail
*Novel *Texts *Recipe *Advice

4. Readers and Writers:
What is your purpose?

5. Authors write for a variety of purposes.
As readers, it is our job to understand the author’s purpose.
When you write, you should have a purpose. Sometimes your purpose will be
to:
 inform your reader
 define something
 narrate a story
 share or teach a process
 illustrate a point
 show a cause and effect relationship
 compare and contrast more than one thing
 argue a position,
 summarize
Depending on the purpose of your writing, you will use different strategies
and techniques to get your point across.

6. Write with Purpose
Informative
• to inform
• to describe
• to define
• to review
• to notify
• to instruct
• to advise
• to announce
• to explain
• to demonstrate
• to illustrate
Persuasive
• to persuade
• to convince
• to influence
• to argue
• to recommend
• to change
• to advocate
• to urge
• to defend
• to justify
• to support
(Johnson-Sheehan & Paine 17 https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/625/06/)

7. What is Your Purpose?
More Passive Purposes
• to receive notice
• to feel reassured
• to feel a sense of unity
• to be entertained
• to receive instruction
• to enjoy
• to hear advice
• to be inspired
• to review
• to understand
• to learn
More Active Purposes
• to examine
• to quantify
• to assess
• to make informed decisions
• to interpret
• to evaluate
• to judge
• to resist change
• to criticize
• to ridicule
• to disprove
(Johnson-Sheehan & Paine 17 https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/625/06/)