Identifying Author's Purpose in Non-Fiction
Determining whether an author's purpose is to inform, persuade, or entertain in various non-fiction texts.
Key Questions
- Differentiate between texts written to inform and texts written to persuade.
- Analyze how an author's word choice reveals their purpose for writing.
- Predict the likely audience for a non-fiction text based on its purpose and features.
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