Determine an author's purpose

Determine an author's purpose

In this lesson you will learn how to determine an author’s purpose by considering his choice of audience.

ADDITIONAL MATERIALS

STANDARDS

CCSS.RI.11-12.6 Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness, or beauty of the text.

TEKS.E4.Figure 19.B make complex inferences (e.g., inductive and deductive) about text and use textual evidence to support understanding.

TEKS.E4.9.C make and defend subtle inferences and complex conclusions about the ideas in text and their organizational patterns; and

TEKS.E4.9.A summarize a text in a manner that captures the author's viewpoint, its main ideas, and its elements without taking a position or expressing an opinion;

TEKS.E3.10.A evaluate how the author's purpose and stated or perceived audience affect the tone of persuasive texts; and

TEKS.E3.9.D synthesize ideas and make logical connections (e.g., thematic links, author analyses) between and among multiple texts representing similar or different genres and technical sources and support those findings with textual evidence.

TEKS.E3.9.C make and defend subtle inferences and complex conclusions about the ideas in text and their organizational patterns; and

TEKS.E3.9.A summarize a text in a manner that captures the author's viewpoint, its main ideas, and its elements without taking a position or expressing an opinion;

TEKS.E3.Figure 19.B make complex inferences (e.g., inductive and deductive) about text and use textual evidence to support understanding.

IN.11-12.RN.3.3 Determine an author’s perspective or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective (e.g., appeals to both friendly and hostile audiences, anticipates and addresses reader concerns and counterclaims), analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness or beauty of the text.

FL.LAFS.1112.RI.2.6 Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness, or beauty of the text.