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📚 Glossary Term

Author's Purpose

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Definition The reason an author makes particular choices in order to inform, persuade, entertain, warn, or shape reader response.

🧒 In Simple Words

Author's purpose is why the writer made the text the way it is and what the writer wants readers to think, feel, or do.

📌 Example

A writer may choose urgent examples and repeated warnings because the purpose is to push readers to act quickly.

âœī¸ Use It in a Sentence

"We looked at the author's purpose to understand why the article emphasized certain details."

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