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Author's Purpose In Depth
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Review:Point of View
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Before we can identify POV, we need to know what kinds there are. This should be a HUGE review for you!
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Types of POV
First Person: one of the characters is narrating the story from within the story
Second Person: structured around "you" pronoun. this makes the reader feel that they are a part of the action because the narrator is calling them out.
Third Person Limited: the author sticks closely to one character but remains in third person (telling the feelings, thoughts, and opinions of one character only)
Third Person Omniscient: the narrator knows everything about the story and it's characters
Third Person Objective: the narrator tells a story without describing thoughts, opinions, or feelings. An objective- unbiased POV is given
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Author's Purpose
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Types of Author's Purpose
Entertain: To provide amusement or enjoyment to the reader
Inform: to enlighten the reader or provide the reader with information about a topic
Describe: contains many details about a person, place, thing, or event
Persuade: to present an opinion and to try to convince the reader of this opinion
Elevated Types (synonyms with purpose)
Entertain: scare, fascinate, interest, beguile, delight, amuse
Inform: notify, advise, enlighten, alert, warn, announce, report, declare, educate
Describe: recount, relate depict, catalog, explain, narrate, illustrate
Persuade: convince, influence, entice, prompt, coerce
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Let's Add to Point of View
There is an approach to identifying author's purpose . Looking at the lens in which the writer views the topic they are writing about is important!
Historical Lens
Refers to the historical context surrounding the writing's time period (could be social, religious, economic, or political)
Cultural Lens
refers to the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievement of a particular nation, people, or social group
Social Lens
refers to the societal surroundings (cultural norms or community values) in the writing or that impacted the writing
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Does Style Matter?
Plot diagram-- I know you remember me!
Sometimes looking at how the text is put together is more beneficial than it seems! It can give away the author's purpose and add tone to the piece as well.
Yes, yes it does!
Flashforward
A scene that temporarily takes a narrative forward in time from the current point in a literary text or media
Flashforward
Frame Story
A story set within a story, narrative, or movie told by the main or a supporting character.
Frame Story
Flashback
A scene in a movie, novel, or story set in a time earlier than the main story
Flashback
Types of Literary Texts
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Every text that is written, is written for a purpose. The type of text, or style of text, relates to the purpose of the text as well.
Types of Literary Text
There are 4 Types
Descriptive
The author uses this type of story to tell what something looks like, sounds like, or feels like
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Narrative
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The author writes this type of story to be relational or to recount events
Expository
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The author uses this type of writing when trying to inform or teach the reader about a topic
Argumentative
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The author uses this to convince the reader to believe an idea or to take a course of action
Summary of Today
Author's Point of View:
- pay attention to language--especially the pronouns the narrator uses
- is there emotions, thoughts, and opinions present?
* these two things help narrow it down
Author's Lens:
-context clues within a story help you figure this out
-also think: how is this text relative to historical, social, and cultural material
-look up the author and their background
Summary of Today Continued
Author's Purpose
- paying attention to connotation and tone is HUGE!
-the lens helps narrow it down as well
-Point Of View plays a factor in determining this too.
Style of Text:
-the way a story is put together always reveals a purpose, and it is done intentionally.