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Identifying Author’s Purpose
Summarizing
Persuade: Authors may write to persuade you to do
something. Contains opinions or tries to
get readers to do/buy/believe
something.
Describe - Authors inform by using
detailed descriptions. Contains lots of
details.
Inform: ` Explain - Authors inform by explaining
something that may be difficult to under
stand. Has facts and how-tos.
Entertain - Authors entertain by writing stories that
are happy, funny or pleasure ble to read.
An entertaining passage may be enjoya
ble, tells a personal story, or has humor.
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METAPHOR
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PERSONIFICAITON
Interpreting figurative Language