Identifying Author's Purpose: Inform
~9 min
Authors write for different reasons. In non-fiction, the main reason is often to inform, which means to teach or give facts.
Defining Author's Purpose to Inform
What is the Author's Purpose?
- To Inform: The author wants to teach you facts.
- To Entertain: The author wants to tell you a fun story.
- To Persuade: The author wants to get you to do something.
When an author writes to inform, their main goal is to teach the reader about a topic by sharing real facts.
💡 Think of the word 'inform' as 'in-form-ation'.