Today we will analyze a text
in order to identify
the author's purpose for writing.
The author's purpose is his or her reason for writing.
Examples of author's purpose include:
to explain
to discuss
to predict
to summarize
to criticize
to compare
to prove
to show
to analyze
to complain
to give an example
to encourage
to describe
to entertain
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