3 Types of Author's Purpose in Writing

Audience

Who the writer writes for (young adults, parents, children, policemen, voters, scientists, etc.)

Inform

author's goal is to enlighten the reader with topics that are usually real or contain facts with valid information.

Examples of Author's Purpose: To Explain

How to build a treehouse, a receipe: how to bake a cake.

Author's Purpose

The reason why an author or authors write literature.

Explain

The author is giving a detailed explanation of events, a process.

Examples of Author's Purpose: To Persuade

advertisements, commercials, newspaper editorials

Persuade

author's goal is to convince the reader to agree with the author's opinion.

Entertain

author's goal is to provide enjoyment for the reader.

Examples of Author's Purpose: To Entertain

poems, stories, plays, comic strips, short story, novels, comedies, riddles, jokes, song lyrics

Examples of Author's Purpose: To Inform

textbooks, cookbooks, encyclopedias, newspaper