<p> Transparency 1: Writer’s Purpose E-I-E-I, Oh!</p><p>Purpose: the reason or intention for a piece of writing Audience: the person or persons who are the intended readers</p><p>Why do you write? </p><p>Whenever you write something down, you have a PURPOSE for doing so. Your purpose for writing will affect both what you write and also the way you write it. </p><p>Consider these two examples. 1) A new friend gives you his phone number and you write on a notepad. 2) You are alone at home and the phone rings. The caller wants to speak to your mother, so you leave a message by the phone.</p><p>In the first example, your PURPOSE is to record a number that you may need to call in the future. In the second example, your PURPOSE is to pass on a clear message to your mother, enabling her to return a phone call on a particular day by a particular time. </p><p>These examples differ in PURPOSE, and they also differ in another important way. The first example is a written record of a phone number for the private use of the writer, which is why it is not as neat as the second, nor as detailed. The second example shows a writer communicating a message to another person. In other words, in the first example the writer is also the AUDIENCE. In the second example, the writer's mother is the AUDIENCE. </p><p>Transparency 2: Writer’s Purpose E-I-E-I, Oh!</p><p>Whenever you write anything, you need to ask: </p><p> Why do I need to write? (What is my purpose?)  Who will read what I write? (Who is my audience?) </p><p>Your answers to these questions will affect what you write and how you write it. </p><p>The skillful writer focuses on a purpose and develops ideas thoughtfully and thoroughly with that purpose in mind.</p><p>I am writing to . . . Express Influence Entertain Inform Oh! I’ve got it! Transparency 3: Writer’s Purpose</p><p>Write to express</p><p> discover, record, develop, reflect on ideas, and problem </p><p> solve</p><p> Expressive texts focus on the WRITER.</p><p> The goal (aim) is to make the reader understand more </p><p> about the writer. </p><p> The primary purpose is to construct meaning of the </p><p> event(s) for the writer, to clarify the significance of the </p><p> event(s), and/or to express how it made (or makes) the </p><p> writer feel. Transparency 4: Writer’s Purpose</p><p>Write to influence </p><p> persuade, argue, and request</p><p> Persuasive texts focus on the AUDIENCE.</p><p> The goal (aim) is to influence the audience/reader. </p><p> The primary purpose is to convince the reader about a </p><p> particular issue/perspective. Transparency 5: Writer’s Purpose</p><p>Write to inform </p><p> explain, describe, report, and narrate</p><p> Informative texts focus on the SUBJECT. </p><p> The goal (aim) is to make the reader understand the </p><p> subject. </p><p> The primary purpose is to tell about the event or to </p><p> convey meaning about the details so that the audience </p><p> understands the message. Transparency 6: Writer’s Purpose</p><p>Write to entertain </p><p> Usually means writing a story of some kind, but can also involve </p><p> other types of literary writing, such as poetry and plays</p><p> What can you write about that a reader would enjoy reading? </p><p> How can you write about this subject so it will capture a reader's</p><p> interest and holds on to it?</p><p> It is a fact that no one likes to write without a good reason but </p><p> equally no one likes to read without feeling that what they have </p><p> read has been worthy of their time and attention. </p><p> What types of subject make reading worthwhile, interesting - </p><p> even enjoyable?</p><p> Most of us seem to enjoy reading about the important things in </p><p> life: growing up, illness, danger, love, death, fear, loneliness, </p><p> friendship and so on and most readers enjoy writing that creates </p><p> a sense of excitement, tension, fear or wonder and maybe </p><p> because we are a little nosy or like to compare ourselves, we </p><p> enjoy reading about interesting characters that is, we enjoy </p><p> hearing what happens to others and how they overcome </p><p> difficulties life brings their way. Transparency 7: Writer’s Purpose</p><p>IDENTIFYING PURPOSE</p><p>Identify one possible writing purpose behind each of the following composition subjects. EXPLAIN why you chose that purpose. </p><p>1. telling your best friend why he made you angry Purpose: ______Why you chose this purpose: ______</p><p>2. a description of your school Purpose: ______Why you chose this purpose: ______</p><p>3. a boy who loved to play soccer Purpose: ______Why you chose this purpose: ______</p><p>4. the time you fell down in the cafeteria Purpose: ______Why you chose this purpose: ______</p><p>5. why people shouldn’t smoke Purpose: ______Why you chose this purpose: ______</p>