Author Purpose in Non-Fiction
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Author Purpose in Non-Fiction
Purpose and audience
Writers choose details and language to shape how readers respond. A text can have a main purpose and a secondary one.
- Inform
- Persuade
- Entertain
- Give readers knowledge or explain a subject
- Encourage readers to accept a viewpoint or do something
- Hold readers’ interest through an amusing or engaging account
- To inform readers about an environmental issue
- To persuade readers to buy a product
- To entertain readers with an invented adventure
- To entertain readers with a comic story
- To persuade readers to change a habit
- To inform readers about a fictional character
- To entertain readers
- To persuade readers to buy a skateboard
- To give a scientific explanation
Read the extract
Along a rainforest boardwalk Poppy paused on the raised path as a burst of wings flickered above the trees. The guide explained that the boardwalk kept visitors away from fragile roots and muddy ground. In the damp shade, orchids clung to branches, while tiny insects moved across broad leaves. Even a short walk revealed a busy world, if you knew where to look. The path is more than a convenient route. Without it, hundreds of daily footsteps could flatten young plants and loosen the soil. Staying on the boards is a simple way to protect the forest. Next time you visit a woodland trail, keep to its marked route: the small choice you make can help wildlife thrive.
- To inform readers about a rainforest walk and persuade them to protect habitats
- To entertain readers with a made-up mystery about a missing bird
- To persuade readers to avoid visiting every woodland
Identify the purpose
Read each short non-fiction extract and identify its main purpose.
Plan and reflect
Use the prompts to think about how purpose guides a writer’s choices.
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