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Finding the author's purpose is easy as P.I.E.

The author's purpose is the reason the author wrote the story.

P: The author is trying to persuade us by changing our opinion or convincing us of something. Some examples are speeches, proposals, or essays.

I: The author is trying to inform us of something by giving us facts or trying to teach us something. Some examples are newspapers, bulletins, playbills, biographies.

E: The author is trying to entertain us by trying to make us laugh or tell a story. Some examples are short stories, poetry, fiction novels, plays, movies, tv shows.

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How to understand and find author's purpose?
Use the word PIE and divide the letters into three categories
P:
Is the author trying to pursuade me into doing something? Like essays, speeches, proposals?
I:
Is the author trying to inform me about something? Like articles, newspapers, biographies?
E:
Or is the author trying to tell me an interesting or entertaining story? Like Poetry, Short stories, Plays?

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AUTHOR'S PURPOSE:
- Persuade

speeches

proposals

essays

- Inform

factual

newspapers

playbills

biographies

- Entertain

did I laugh?

was it a narrative?

poetry

plays

movies

tv shows

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Finding the authors purpose (P.I.E.)
P: Persuade
I: Inform
E: Entertain
All of these categories can be used by authors to express themselves for different reasons.

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Authors Purpose can be broken into 3 categories.
Persuade- look for clues in the story
Change opinion or convince
Examples- Speeches, Proposals, Essay
Inform- Gives facts, teach reader something
Examples- Newspaper, Bulletins, Playbills, Biographies
Entertain- Tell a story, make me laugh
Examples- Short Stories, Poetry, Fiction novels, Plays, Movies, TV shows

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Persuade, Inform, and Entertain are what authors look for when thinking about their audiences. The acronym for this video is P.I.E which is an easy way to remember the basic purposes.

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Author's write texts for different reasons. Some texts are meant to be (p)ersuasive and convince me to support one side or the other. Some texts are meant to (i)nform me about a topic that I may not know or I may want to know more about. And finally, some texts are meant to (e)ntertain me and are meant to be enjoyable.

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Authors write texts for specific reasons. These reasons can be found by asking a few different questions. Three common purposes can be remembered by thinking about PIE (Persuade, Inform, Entertain).

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Authors write texts with different purposes.

Three of these purposes can be summed up in the acrostic, PIE.

Authors write to:
P-persuade
I-inform
E-entertain

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P- Persuade to convince me of something or to do something. Example: Campaign ad or commercial
I- Inform to give information or facts about an event or subject.
E- Entertain to make me laugh or tell a fun or intriguing story.

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The author seeks to Persuade, Inform, or Entertain.
*Persuading = trying to change my opinion/convince me and comes in the form of: Speeches, essays, etc.
*Inform=Giving facts/teaching me & comes in the form of bulletins, newspapers, etc.
*Entertain=make me laugh or tell a story & comes in the form of poetry, plays, etc.