Author's Purpose and Point of View
Personal Experience
Personal things that have happened to the writer, may include the writers personal hopes and dreams
Narrative Point of View
The perspective from which a story is being told.
Author's Purpose
The reason the author writes something
Persuade
To convince someone to choose, take a certain point of view or action about something
tone
A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter
First Person Point of View
A story that is told from the perspective of one of the characters.
mood
Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader
Author's Point of View
The author's view point of a topic they are writing about
Third Person Objective Point of View
The narrator is an outsider who can report only what he or she sees and hears. This narrator can tell us what is happening, but he can't tell us the perspective of any characters.
Third Person Omniscient Point of View
The narrator is all-knowing. The narrator knows the perspective of all characters.
Third Person Limited Point of View
The narrator is an outsider who knows the perspective of only one of the characters.
Entertain
To hold the attention of something or someone, to amuse them
Inform
To make readers aware of something
author's perspective
an authors beliefs and attitudes as expressed in his or her writings. These beliefs may be influenced by the author's political views, ethnic background, economics position, education or religion.
