Author’s Purpose with PIE
TLDRThis educational video script introduces the concept of an author's purpose, focusing on the acronym PIE: Persuade, Inform, and Entertain. It explains how authors aim to influence, educate, or amuse readers through various texts, including advertisements, reviews, documentaries, fiction, and more. The lesson is designed to help viewers identify the underlying intent of written works, making it easier to understand the author's motivation.
Takeaways
- 📚 The lesson's learning objective is to identify the author's purpose for writing a text.
- 💭 The author's purpose is the reason why a text was written, which can be to persuade, inform, or entertain.
- 🧩 A helpful acronym to remember the author's purpose is P.I.E., which stands for Persuade, Inform, Entertain.
- 📢 When the purpose is to persuade, the author aims to convince the reader to take action or adopt a belief.
- 🛍️ Examples of persuasion include commercials, advertisements, reviews, and opinions that influence choices.
- 📚 When the purpose is to inform, the author provides information or teaches facts to the reader.
- 📺 Informative texts can include documentaries, nonfiction TV, how-to books, biographies, and newspapers.
- 🎭 The purpose to entertain means the author wants the reader to enjoy the content, like stories, jokes, and movies.
- 🎨 Examples of entertainment include fiction books, mysteries, comics, and fantasy stories.
- 🔄 The author's purpose can be a combination of persuade, inform, and entertain, depending on the text.
- 🔑 Remembering P.I.E. helps in quickly identifying the author's intent in any written work.
Q & A
What is the main learning objective of today's lesson?
-The main learning objective is to identify the author's purpose for writing a text.
What does the acronym 'PIE' stand for in the context of the lesson?
-In the context of the lesson, 'PIE' stands for Persuade, Inform, and Entertain, which are the three main purposes an author might have when writing a text.
What is the purpose of writing when an author aims to persuade?
-When an author aims to persuade, they are trying to get the reader to do or believe something, often seen in commercials, advertisements, reviews, and opinions.
Give some examples of texts where the author's purpose is to inform.
-Examples of texts where the author's purpose is to inform include documentaries, nonfiction TV, recipes, how-to books, biographies, newspapers, magazines, and non-fiction books about specific topics.
How does the author's purpose differ when they aim to entertain?
-When an author aims to entertain, they want the readers to enjoy the story, which can include stories, riddles, jokes, movies, TV shows, fantasy and magical stories, fiction books, mysteries, and comics.
What is the significance of the acronym 'PIE' in helping to identify the author's purpose?
-The acronym 'PIE' serves as a helpful mnemonic device to easily remember and identify the author's purpose in a text, which can be to persuade, inform, or entertain.
Why are commercials and advertisements considered examples of persuasive texts?
-Commercials and advertisements are considered examples of persuasive texts because they are designed to influence the viewer's or reader's opinion to buy products or adopt certain beliefs.
What type of content can be found in texts written with the purpose of informing?
-Texts written with the purpose of informing can include factual information, educational content, and detailed explanations on a variety of topics, such as in documentaries, educational TV programs, and informative books.
How can the author's purpose of entertaining be recognized in a text?
-The author's purpose of entertaining can be recognized through the presence of engaging narratives, humor, imaginative elements, and the overall enjoyable experience provided to the reader.
What should one remember if they forget the author's purposes represented by 'PIE'?
-If one forgets the author's purposes, they can recall the acronym 'PIE' which stands for Persuade, Inform, Entertain to remind them of the three main reasons an author might write a text.
Can a single text serve more than one purpose according to the lesson?
-While the lesson primarily focuses on identifying one main purpose using 'PIE', it is possible for a text to serve more than one purpose, such as a text that both informs and entertains.
Outlines
📚 Understanding Author's Purpose
This paragraph introduces the concept of author's purpose and sets the learning objective to identify it. The author's purpose is the reason behind writing a text, which can be to persuade, inform, or entertain. The acronym PIE is introduced as a helpful tool to remember these purposes. Persuade means the author aims to influence the reader's actions or beliefs, as seen in commercials, advertisements, reviews, and opinions. Inform involves providing information or teaching facts, with examples including documentaries, nonfiction TV, recipes, how-to books, biographies, and newspapers. Entertain is about engaging the reader with enjoyable content like stories, riddles, jokes, movies, TV shows, fantasy stories, fiction books, mysteries, and comics.
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Keywords
💡Author's Purpose
💡Persuade
💡Inform
💡Entertain
💡Acronym
💡Commercials
💡Advertisements
💡Reviews
💡Documentary
💡Nonfiction
💡Fiction
Highlights
Today's lesson is about author's purpose.
Learning objective is to identify the author's purpose for writing a text.
Author's purpose is the reason for writing the text.
A helpful acronym PIE is introduced.
P in PIE stands for Persuade.
I in PIE stands for Inform.
E in PIE stands for Entertain.
When the author's purpose is to persuade, they are trying to influence the reader's actions or beliefs.
Examples of persuasion include commercials, advertisements, reviews, and billboards.
Authors write to inform, providing information or teaching facts.
Examples of informative texts are documentaries, nonfiction TV, recipes, how-to books, biographies, newspapers, and magazines.
The author's purpose can also be to entertain, aiming to engage and enjoy the reader.
Examples of entertaining texts include stories, riddles, jokes, movies, TV shows, fantasy stories, fiction books, mysteries, and comics.
The author's purpose can be to persuade, inform, or entertain.
Remembering PIE helps in identifying the author's purpose: Persuade, Inform, Entertain.
The lesson concludes with a reminder of the importance of understanding the author's purpose.
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