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Activity
Direction: An author’s purpose is the reason/s an author has for writing. Authors
usually do not tell their purposes, or reasons, for writing. You have to figure them out. Read
the autobiography of Gregoria de Jesus and find out her purpose/s for writing. Determine
also the author’s main arguments using the steps suggested by McGraw-Hill. Watch out for
the clues within the text itself. Write your findings, observations and analysis in an essay
format
Georgia de Jesus wrote about her life in her autobiography "Mga tala ng akin
buhay," not only to tell people who she was but also to describe to all readers and paint
a picture in their minds of the happenings and conditions during her lifetime and she
didn't just narrate who Georgia de Jesus was but how she became who she was through
life experiences