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Author – a person who wrote a story,
play, or poem
 Narrator – a person within the story, play,
or poem who speaks to the audience
 These two people have purposes (goals for
the effects of their words) which are usually
separate from one another



Ask yourself these questions:
› Am I quoting the narrator or speaker?
 If so, you’re talking about narrator’s purpose!
› Am I quoting the effects of the literature,

such as themes or how it made me feel?
 If so, you are talking about author’s purpose!
For example, suppose you are discussing
the following passage from Edward
Bloor’s Tangerine:
 I remembered walking into our garage
and hearing Erik’s voice, cold and
menacing. He said, “You’re going to
have to pay for what you did.”
 We couldn’t say, “This passage is Bloor
thinking of how he got attacked by Eric.”

Why? Bloor is not the one speaking: the
story is following Paul. We would revise
that explanation to say, “This passage is
Paul thinking of how he got attacked by
Eric.”
 What about the author? Bloor wrote the
passage to tell readers about how Paul
lost his eyesight.


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Author’s purpose vs Narrator's Purpose

  • 1.
  • 2. Author – a person who wrote a story, play, or poem  Narrator – a person within the story, play, or poem who speaks to the audience  These two people have purposes (goals for the effects of their words) which are usually separate from one another 
  • 3.  Ask yourself these questions: › Am I quoting the narrator or speaker?  If so, you’re talking about narrator’s purpose! › Am I quoting the effects of the literature, such as themes or how it made me feel?  If so, you are talking about author’s purpose!
  • 4. For example, suppose you are discussing the following passage from Edward Bloor’s Tangerine:  I remembered walking into our garage and hearing Erik’s voice, cold and menacing. He said, “You’re going to have to pay for what you did.”  We couldn’t say, “This passage is Bloor thinking of how he got attacked by Eric.” 
  • 5. Why? Bloor is not the one speaking: the story is following Paul. We would revise that explanation to say, “This passage is Paul thinking of how he got attacked by Eric.”  What about the author? Bloor wrote the passage to tell readers about how Paul lost his eyesight. 