Identifying Author's purpose

Authors write for several reasons.

Many authors write to entertain people and make them laugh.

Authors also write to persuade or convince their readers to believe in something.

Sometimes authors write to inform or teach you about something.

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Authors can write: To entertain To persuade To inform

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