Author's purpose

What you'll learn

1. 1

   Think of a friend telling you a story about their pet 🐶. They want you to laugh or feel sad — that's called 'entertaining' you!

2. 2

   What is the main job of a sign that says 'DANGER: HOT WATER'?

3. 3

   Let's figure out the purpose of this text: 'Buy one pizza, get one free! 🍕'

4. 4

   Now you try! Sort these texts into their purpose: entertain, inform, or persuade.

5. 5

   Which purpose does this text have: 'The Earth orbits the Sun once every 365 days.'

6. 6

   Here are three texts with different purposes. Can you spot which is which?

7. 7

   A letter trying to make you donate to a charity is an example of...