Discovering an author's points of view

READING COMPEREHENSION 3

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DISCOVERING THE AUTHOR’S POINT OF VIEW

DOC, DO YOU KNOW WHAT IS THE POINT OF VIEW?

UUM, I DON’T KNOW SURELY, MY FRIEND WILL TELL YOU WHAT

IT IS..

A point of view is the point through which the author considers, presents or communicates his messages or ideas.

Authors have reasons why they write a piece. •Many authors write to inform or teach someone about something. •Sometimes authors write for others to enjoy his or her piece.•Often authors' purpose of writing is to persuade  their audience to do or not do something.

HOW WE CAN FIND THE AUTHOR’S POINT OF VIEW IN A TEXT?

To make you clearer about the author's point of

view, lets read the text carefully !

The earth is a sphere made up of one-fourth land and three-fourths water. The largest bodies of water are the four oceans: Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Arctic Ocean. The land is divided into seven continents: North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica.  

• The author did not write this piece to entertain or persuade you. She wrote this piece to inform the audience.

There is evidence to support this answer. Everything that is written in this piece is a FACT  It is a fact that the earth is made up of 1/4 land and 3/4 water with four oceans and seven continents.                            

From the text, we can know that the author wrote the text to inform you about the continents and oceans of the world.

Remember, authors' writing pieces have a point of view.  If you can identify whether an author has written a piece to entertain, inform or persuade his or her audience, this will help you comprehend what you are reading!

Nowlet’s

practice

identifying

Author's

point of

view

Identify the author's purpose of each piece.

Then, support your answer with evidence from the piece and choose the author's purpose.

In each piece below, is the author trying to inform/teach, entertain, or persuade/convince his or her audience?

READ THE TEXT CAREFULLY!

• Jim was unable to get to sleep. When he went to bed he cried. Tomorrow is his birthday party and it is going to be ruined. How can we go sledding with no snow? The next morning, when Jim got out of bed and ran to the window, he shouted with glee, "The snow has fallen and we can go sledding!"  Jim was happy because now he can have his birthday sledding party.

A. INFORM/TEACH B. ENTERTAIN C. PERSUADE/CONVINCE

The author wrote this to:

WHAT IS YOUR ANSWER?

TO ENTERTAIN THE AUDIENCE…

AND THE ANSWER IS…

YES..YOU DID IT..!!!YIPPIYYY

READ THIS TEXT BELOW !!!

• Everyone should have a pet.  Pets are very loving and affectionate.  They help children learn responsibility.  Pets give you unconditional love.  Having a pet is a wonderful experience.

•          

The author’s wrote this to

________???

to entertain

to persuade/convince

to inform/teach

persuade/convince

The answer is….

Fantastic.. You are

right.

ARE YOU READY FOR THE NEXT EXERCISE ??? LET’S CHECK IT OUT…

There are three lights on a traffic light.  The top light is red and that means stop.  The middle light is yellow and that means caution.  The bottom light is green and that means go

The answer is to inform/teach

Yes…you are absolutely right, because the author wrote this to teach you about three parts of a traffic light.

The last exercise

Read the text and determine whether they are True (T) or

False (F).

If you want to become a better reader you need to read often. 

Research supports that children need to read frequently to be able to read fluently and to be able read

high frequency words. All students will benefit by reading at

least 20 - 30 minutes per day.  Make it a point and read more

often!

1. The writer thinks that, to become a better reader, everyone needs to read often.

2. The author is sure that reading at least 20-30 minutes per day is helpful/beneficial/useful for all students. 3. The writer feels that research supports that reading often will not enable children to read fluently.

TRUE

TRUE

FALSE

Presented byEKA INDAH SYAFITRI

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