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Idenfying Author’s Purpose Summarizing Persuade: Authors may write to persuade you to do something. Contains opinions or tries to get readers to do/buy/believe something. Describe - Authors inform by using detailed descripons. Contains lots of details. Inform: ` Explain - Authors inform by explaining something that may be difficult to under stand. Has facts and how-tos. Entertain - Authors entertain by wring stories that are happy, funny or pleasure ble to read. An entertaining passage may be enjoya ble, tells a personal story, or has humor.
