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Author's Purpose: 

Author's write for many reasons. It is important to know the purpose behind a piece of writing in order to understand what you are reading. The three most common reasons an author writes something are: to entertain, to educate or teach, and to persuade or convince. 

Using this information determine the author's purpose, or reason, for writing the book you are currently reading. Use information (quotes and specific examples) from the reading that support your response. 

 

Example:

I am currently reading The Book Theif by Markus Zusak. In this novel the author tells the story of Leisel Memminger. She is a young girl growing up in Nazi occupied territory during World War II. After reading and reviewing the text, I believe that Zusak purpose in writing this story: to entertain the reader. Throught the text many amusing things happen to Leisel, despite the setting and underlying plot of the story. An example of this is in the developed and repeated plot element of Leisel's book stealing. After she stole her first book, she suddenly had a hunger for more text. Her second opportunity came at a time when it was most controversial to do so: a book burning ceremony in her town. "The heat was still strong enough to warm her when she stood at the foot of the ash heap. She latched onto the closest of the books. It was hot, but it was also wet, burned only at the edges, but otherwise unhurt."