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Back to Coach Book Skills Author's Purpose The author's reason for writing a piece of literature. It can be to entertain, inform, or persuade.

Entertain To amuse the reader; nonfiction, comics,

Inform To provide the reader with information; to teach something; expository texts, text books, brochures,

Persuade An attempt to persuade the reader to see things in the same manner as the author; advertisements, propaganda; commercials;

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