Author's Purpose

An author writes for many
reasons. An author may give you facts
or true information about a subject.
Some authors write fiction stories or
stories that are not true. They write
these stories to entertain you. Other
authors may persuade or try to get
you to do something.

To Inform
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All your updates from the Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics opens in Rio, Brazil.
How many records will fall in the swimming
competition?

Pacquiao confirms Vargas
fight
Filipino boxing
hero Manny Pacquiao
confirmed on Wednesday
that he is coming out of
retirement to fight World
Boxing Organization (WBO)
welterweight champion
Jessie Vargas in November.
The 37-year-old, who has
won world titles in eight
weight divisions,
To Inform

• Newspapers
• Textbooks
• Encyclopedias
To Inform

To Entertain
Selena Gomez
dishes out who
she wants to date

• Comics
• Fiction Books
To Entertain
• Folktales
• Legends

To Perform a Task or To
Instruct
Cook Books
Manuals

To Persuade
• Advertisements
• Speeches
• Commercials
• Brochures
• Leaflets
• Flyers

To Argue
• Commentaries
• Argumentative Essay
Why Marcos Should Not Be Buried
in Libingan ng Mga Bayani
Society Begins atHome

To Criticize
• Movie Reviews
• Book Reviews
• Film Reviews
Anything that
criticizes,
assesses or
approves

Identify the Author’s Purpose
evident in the following
Illustrations/ Titles

To Kill A Mocking Bird: A
Review

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