An author may write for several reasons: - To inform readers by providing facts or true information about a subject. - To entertain readers by writing fiction stories that are not necessarily true, such as folktales or legends. - To persuade or try to influence readers to do something.

1. 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.

2. To Inform
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3. 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

4. • Newspapers
• Textbooks
• Encyclopedias
To Inform

5. To Entertain
Selena Gomez
dishes out who
she wants to date

6. • Comics
• Fiction Books
To Entertain
• Folktales
• Legends

7. • Comics
• Fiction Books
To Entertain
• Folktales
• Legends

11. To Perform a Task or To
Instruct
Cook Books
Manuals

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

13. To Argue
• Commentaries
• Argumentative Essay
Why Marcos Should Not Be Buried
in Libingan ng Mga Bayani
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14. To Criticize
• Movie Reviews
• Book Reviews
• Film Reviews
Anything that
criticizes,
assesses or
approves

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

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Review

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23. The Rise and Fall
of Imelda Marcos