Arellano University

Juan Sumulong Campus

Junior High School Department
Legarda, Manila

PACUCOA Accredited- Level II

Grade 10 English
First Quarter
Name: _Vincent Angelo B. Garcia_________________________________________ Date:
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Gr. & Section: __10-newton______________________________________ Score:
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Activity Title: The Author’s Purpose: It Is Easy as a P.I.E.

Learning Target: Identify the purpose of the author
Reference: https://www.ereadingworksheets.com/free-reading-worksheets/authors-purpose-
worksheets/
Concept Notes:
The author’s purpose is his or her reason for writing a text, paragraph, or line. Every
written material is done to serve certain purposes. A writer has a specific purposes to achieve for his
listeners or readers. There are three main reasons or purposes of writing, and these are:
1. To persuade – getting the readers or listeners to move or leading them to arrive at an
agreement by appealing to their emotions and feelings.
Examples of Texts That Are Written to Persuade: advertisements, campaign speeches,
persuasive letters or notes
2. To inform – the author intends to provide his readers facts, data or a body of knowledge or
information.
Examples of Texts That Are Written to Inform: expository essays or articles; instructions
or directions, encyclopedias or other reference texts
3. To entertain – the author’s purpose is to please his listeners and amuse his readers.
Examples of Texts that Are Written to Entertain: stories, poems, dramas, songs
Identifying the Author’s Purpose
1. Is the text a poem, story, or play? (if “yes”=entertain; if “no”=go to next)
2. Does the text mainly give facts and info? (if “yes”=inform; if “no” go to next)
3. Does the text make arguments? (if “yes”=persuade; if “no”=start over)

Activity A: Read the descriptions of each item and determine the author’s purpose. Then, in a
sentence or two, explain your answer.

1. A section of a history book that describes the circumstances and causes of numerous Filipinos'
miseries during Spanish colonization.
Author’s Purpose: to inform, the sentence is informing us about a section of a history book.
________________________________

Explain your Answer: (Write a sentence or two)

 2. A politician makes a statement about how children in remote towns should have equal access
to education and medical care.

Author’s Purpose: To persuade, the politician is arguing or making a statement on how

children in remote towns should have equal access to both education and medical
care.____________

Explain your Answer: (Write a sentence or two

3. A brochure calling people to get vaccinated because he feels it is safe and will aid in the
eradication of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Author’s Purpose: To persuade the readers to get vaccinated. And besides, getting vaccinated
doesn’t mean you can’t get the covid-19 anymore, so it’s not a fact. ________________

Explain your Answer: (Write a sentence or two)

4. A manual with instructions on how to make a toy car moves.

Author’s Purpose: To inform the readers cause first of all it’s a manual. ______

Explain your Answer: (Write a sentence or two)

5. A collection of almost 1000 unbelievable stories.

Author’s Purpose: To entertain the readers by its stories.______________

Explain your Answer: (Write a sentence or two)

Activity B: Pick a topic of your choice. Write about your chosen topic for a particular purpose; it is
either to inform, to persuade, or to entertain. Organize your composition into three parts:
introduction, body, and conclusion.