Author's+Purpose

= Author's Purpose = Definition- Position from which a writer addresses a topic to include beliefs, assumptions, and biases.

**Examples**: - T his clay is only for kids over age three.

Tip: Author's Purpose is used to: -entertain -inform -describe -persuade

-explain

**1.**Tobacco companies have been in litigation, facing charges that their marketing practices in the past have targeted teenagers. Also, evidence indicates that companies adjusted levels of nicotine in their cigarettes to increase the probability that smokers would become addicted to the product to ensure higher sales in the future.
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 * The Purpose of this passage is to //inform// you about something.**


 * 2.** If you want to share your ideas to the school, come to the student government meeting on this wednesday, March 3rd during lunch. You'll be heard by everyone and you can also help the school change.


 * The purpose of this passage above is to //persuade// you to come to the student goverment meeting.**

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