https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo Why is it important to understand an author's purpose for writing? What was the author's purpose for writing the short story you read on Friday? en-us 2017-03-20 13:42:13 UTC 2017-03-20 15:34:53 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161214444 its important to understand an authors purpose because you know what they are trying to tell you like if you thinks it is informative but its actually persuasive then you might be getting the wrong idea. It was to well i don't really remember what that purpose for it was.]]> 2017-03-20 15:21:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161214444 https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161214460    So you can interpret the story correctly and understand what the author is trying to say. The purpose of the story I read was what I believe to be entertain.


]]> 2017-03-20 15:21:14 UTC https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161214460 https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161214570 You have to understand the author's purpose to understand the text. The author's text is basically the reason why there is a story. Some of the author's purpose on Friday was to inform and entertain readers through a personal narrative.]]> 2017-03-20 15:21:27 UTC https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161214570 https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161214777 So that we can understand the message that the author is giving us. ]]> 2017-03-20 15:21:52 UTC https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161214777 https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161214927 It is important to understand the author's purpose because otherwise you won't know what the story is trying to say. I think the author's purpose for, "The All-American Slurp" is to inform about Chinese culture and what Chinese immigrants go through to fit in in America.]]> 2017-03-20 15:22:09 UTC https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161214927 https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161215016 You have to know what the author is trying to tell you, and it helps you understand what the story is trying to say. On Friday, the author's purpose of the story was to entertain.
This was wrote with  💻]]> 2017-03-20 15:22:20 UTC https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161215016 https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161215238 It is important to understand the author's purpose for  writing because then you can easily understand and interpret what the author is trying to say. The authors purpose for The All American Slurp is to inform the audience about how a culture can still fit into another culture without taking away there traditions.]]> 2017-03-20 15:22:45 UTC https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161215238 https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161215408 It makes you understand better

I was absent most of friday]]> 2017-03-20 15:23:06 UTC https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161215408 https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161215526 ☾☯It is important to understand an authors purpose because you need to know what you are reading and why you are reading it. To fully understand the writing you must understand the purpose. Our author's purpose was to entertain.☯☽]]> 2017-03-20 15:23:18 UTC https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161215526 https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161215553 It can help us understand either if the author was effective in what he/she was trying to accomplish or if they didn't understand authors purpose. I think the great american slurp was a personal narrative, there to entertain about her first american dinner at someone else house.]]> 2017-03-20 15:23:21 UTC https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161215553 https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161215858 2017-03-20 15:23:57 UTC https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161215858 https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161215867 if you don't understand it you can't analyze it]]> 2017-03-20 15:23:59 UTC https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161215867 https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161215924 It is important to understand authors purpose because if you don't then you won't understand how the text is written and how to understand the topic of the story. The authors purpose was to inform the reader.]]> 2017-03-20 15:24:05 UTC https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161215924 https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161216020 to understand why the passage is being written. the purpose of the story was to entertain ]]> 2017-03-20 15:24:18 UTC https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161216020 https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161216186 its important to understand it so you know what the writer was trying to convey

also we read the bracelet and the purpose was to entertain]]> 2017-03-20 15:24:35 UTC https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161216186 quirklesteins27 https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161216387 It is important to understand the author's purpose because it helps to understand the theme/message that the author is tryings trying to get across to the reader.
For our story, the Stone, the purpose was to entertain, and show that you shouldn't ask for more than you already have.]]> 2017-03-20 15:25:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161216387 https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161216511 2017-03-20 15:25:14 UTC https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161216511 https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161216630 It is important to understand an authors purpose because you need to know why and what you are reading.Or authors purpose was to entertain.]]> 2017-03-20 15:25:28 UTC https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161216630 https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161217078 2017-03-20 15:26:23 UTC https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161217078 https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161217498 It is important to know the purpose, because if you don't, then you won't understand the story. Our ]]> 2017-03-20 15:27:09 UTC https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161217498 https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161220572 2017-03-20 15:33:18 UTC https://padlet.com/tshephard1/7am2oq9sk0bo/wish/161220572