Author's Point of View/ Purpose

Terms in this set (10)

point of view
the perspective from which a story is told and the author's feelings
first person point of view
Told from the viewpoint of one of the characters using the pronouns I, me, our, us and we
second person point of view
The narrator tells the story using the pronouns "You", "Your," and "Yours" to address a reader or listener directly
author's purpose
The reason the author has for writing. ( Inform, persuade, express, & entertain)
persuade
the author wants you to do, buy, or believe something such as with advertisements,persuasive letters,opinions, campaign speeches
inform
the author wants to give you information as with textbooks, non-fiction books, expository
essays, biographies, newspaper articles, directions
entertain
the author wants to amuse you or for you to enjoy the writing as with fiction stories, poems, songs, plays, jokes, narratives
point of view in a nonfiction text
the author's point of view
There can be more than one point of view in a text.
True
third person point of view
the narrator is not a character in the story and uses pronouns like he, she, they, it
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