Author's Purpose in Early American Literature
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Genre
Purpose
Genre
Purpose
What are the different purposes for writing?
There are 4 basic purposes for writing:
1.-Narrative
2.-Expository
3.-Descriptive
4.-Persuasive
1.-Narrative
2.-Expository
3.-Descriptive
4.-Persuasive
Narrative Writing
Writing TELLS A STORY or relates a series of events.
example:
A composition describing your explorations among rocks and tide pools along the ocean shore.
example:
A composition describing your explorations among rocks and tide pools along the ocean shore.
Descriptive Writing
Writing DESCRIBES a person, place or thing.
Example:
A brochure describing giant redwoods, a “Lost Kitten” poster that tells exactly what the kitten looks like.
Example:
A brochure describing giant redwoods, a “Lost Kitten” poster that tells exactly what the kitten looks like.
Expository Writing
Writing gives INFORMATION or EXPLAINS.
Example:
An article entitled “How the Internet has Changed Our lives”
Persuasive Writing
Writing attempts to CONVINCE someone to do or believe something.
Example.
An advertisement, an article about importance of water conservation.
Example.
An advertisement, an article about importance of water conservation.
What genres does American literature include?
Aphorism
Autobiography
Captivity Narrative
Journal
Lyric Poem
Narrative Poem
Satirical Essay
Sermon
Autobiography
Captivity Narrative
Journal
Lyric Poem
Narrative Poem
Satirical Essay
Sermon
Which of the following authors wrote in the same genre?
William Bradford
Olaudah Equiano
Olaudah Equiano
Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine shared a similar purpose for writing. What was their purpose?
To persuade.
The statement below represents which genre from the early American and Colonial period? I want to explain origins of the natural world and its processes.
The oral tradition of Native Americans.
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