Author's Purpose/Point of View
Author’s purpose answers the question: Why did the author write this text? An author always has a purpose for writing. Authors may write: to inform, to entertain, to persuade. Read More...
The resources above cover the following skills:
Reading Standards for Informational Text
Craft and Structure
Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text. [RI.6.6]