Author's Purpose (Entertain, Inform, or Persuade) - Video and Worksheet

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This video and worksheet entertain, infrm, and persuade--the three main author's purposes--and gives examples of each. It also defines author's purpose, specific types of authors, and materials they write. Learners can then answer questions (and check answers) to practice what they learned.

This video includes subtitles in English, Spanish, and Simplified Chinese, as well as auto-translate in many languages. To view the subtitles and transcript, follow these steps:

1) Click CC to turn on subtitles.
2) Click the settings icon (to the right of CC), and choose the language you need.
3) To view the transcript, click the three dots (...) below the video and to the right. Then, click Open Transcript, and choose the language.
4) Once the transcript is open, you can copy and paste it into Word or other documents.