Authors Purpose Entertain Inform or Persuade Video and Worksheet.mp4

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Today, we're going to talk about author's purpose.

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While you watch the video, you can use the worksheet to take notes

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and practice what you learn. Before we talk about

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authors purpose, we need to talk about authors and types of writing that they do.

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The 1st type of author that will name today is a biographer.

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A biographer writes a biography. A biography is the story of a person's life.

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Here's an example. This is a biography about the scientist Albert Einstein.

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You can see at the bottom, the biographer is Walter Isaacson.

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The next type of author that we'll talk about today is a journalist.

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A journalist writes a newspaper article, which is a news story.

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Here's an example. You see the newspaper.

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It's called The Huntsville Times. The news story, or article, is called Man Enter Space.

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A journalist wrote this article and the other articles in this newspaper.

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A novelist writes a novel, a long story in a book.

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Here's an example. To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel written by the novelist Harper Lee.

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A playwright writes a drama or play which is a story for theater.

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A very famous example of a play is Romeo and Juliet.

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This was written by the playwright named Shakespeare.

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A poet writes poetry, or poems which are lines with special sounds, like rhyme.

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Rhyme is only one of the special sounds that a poem can have.

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One example of a well known poet is Doctor Seuss.

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Doctor Sous wrote children's poetry. Here are four lines from one of his poems Today.

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You are you That is truer than true.

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There is no one alive who is youer than you?

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Do you see how these lines are different from lines from a biography or a newspaper article?

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They have rhythm, they rhyme, and they have special sounds that other types of writing don't have.

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We'll talk more about poetry in another video.

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And finally, a script writer writes a script or a screenplay.

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This is a story for T-V or movies.

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One example of a movie that started with a script is called Finding Nemo.

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Before Finding Nemo became a movie that we can watch.

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It was a script on paper that was written by a script writer.

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Now it's practice naming authors. Instructions tell the author who does each type of writing.

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Number one the front page story of the newspaper.

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Number two a plate performed in a New York City theater.

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Number three a story about a futuristic war started on Earth.

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Number four the famous novel called War in Peace.

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Number five Modern poetry in Lines that do not rhyme.

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Number six A scary movie. Number seven a television documentary about panda bears.

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Number eight a book about the life of Albert Einstein.

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Number nine an article about a recent event in your city.

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And number ten a movie about a real period in history.

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Pause the video while you work.

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Are you ready to check your answers?

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Let's check them now. Number one is a journalist.

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Number two is a playwright. Number three is an all list.

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Number four is also a novelist.

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Number five is a poet. Six is a script writer.

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Seven is also a script writer.

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Eight is a biographer. Nine is a journalist, and ten is a script writer.

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Authors purpose definition. Now that we've talked about different types of

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authors and materials they write,

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we can talk about the definition of author's purpose.

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So what is author's purpose? Well, purpose means goal, and authors means writer writers.

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So an author s purpose is the writer s goal or reason to write.

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Authors purpose big three. Authors write for three main purposes.

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One is to entertain. To entertain means to interest or amuse readers.

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Another author's purpose is to inform.

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This means to teach or give information to readers.

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And finally, authors write to persuade or influence or convince readers of an idea.

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Authors purpose and examples. Now, we'll discuss examples of writing that fit each author's purpose.

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We discussed. So when an author writes to entertain readers, examples of writing he or she might do include a romance novel, a comic book or a TV script.

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Of course, there are many more examples of writing that entertain readers.

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These are only three examples for the purpose of to informed readers.

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Examples of writing include textbooks, newspapers in magazines.

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Again, these are only three examples.

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There are many more types of writing that inform readers.

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And finally, examples of writing that persuade readers include a political speech, an essay or an advertisement that sells a product.

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Now let's practice author's purpose. Practice instructions.

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Tell the purpose as entertain, inform or persuade.

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Number one A textbook about biology.

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So does a textbook about biology entertain, inform or persuade?

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Readers? Write the answer in the blank.

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We'll check your answers in a minute.

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Number two A comedy television show.

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Three, A political candidate television commercial.

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Number four shakespeare's play, romeo and Juliet.

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Number five A poster advertising a new movie.

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Number six a recipe for baking a delicious cake.

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Number seven a letter to a manager asking to change a rule.

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Number eight an ad in a magazine of a new brand of shoes.

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Number nine a book of modern poetry.

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And number ten a movie about a real period in history.

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Pause the video while you write your answers.

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Are you ready to check your answers?

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Let's check now. Number one The answer is inform, because a textbook about biology, or most other topics, informs readers.

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It teaches them about the topic.

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Number two, A comedy television show that entertains because comedy is funny, it entertains viewers or readers of the script.

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Number three persuade, because a political candidate and a television commercial usually want to persuade the audience.

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Number four shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.

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This entertains most plays and dramas are written to entertain.

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Number five A poster advertising a new movie persuades audiences or readers to watch the movie.

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Number six A recipe for baking a delicious cake informs or teaches readers how to bake the cake.

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Number seven A letter to a manager asking to change a rule persuades the manager to change the rule.

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Number eight

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The answer is persuades,

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because an ad in a magazine,

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whether the ad is for brand new shoes or any other product, ads persuade readers to buy the product.

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Number nine A book of modern poetry Entertains.

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Usually poetry is written to

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entertain readers. Number ten A movie about a real period in history primarily entertains.

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It might also teach viewers, but the main reason for movies is to entertain the audience.

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Author's purpose. The end are author's purpose practice for today's complete I hope this video helped you understand what author's purpose means, and how to identify three important authors purposes in writing.

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Thank you for watching.