Author’s Purpose and
Point of View
Author’s
Purpose
|
Type of Writing |
Author’s Purpose |
|
Narrative |
to tell
a story |
|
Descriptive
|
to
illustrate a person, event, place; to portray a mood |
|
Expository |
to
explain, illustrate, or present information |
|
Persuasive |
to
express an opinion and convince the audience to think or feel a certain way |
Author’s
Point of View
|
Type of Writing |
Elements of Point
of View |
|
Fiction
(including short stories, poems, and novels) |
The
author may use characters or narrator to express attitudes in the story. |
|
Non-fiction
(including informative news accounts, articles, biographies, and
documentaries) |
The
author’s point of view is primarily neutral.
Typically the author is writing in order to explain, describe, or
instruct. |
|
Persuasive (including editorials and advertisements) |
The
point of view clearly reflects the author’s attitude about a subject. Sometimes the opinion is directly stated
and other times it is implied (like main idea). The author is either trying to convince the
audience to believe something or take action by appealing to their
feelings. |