Determining Author's Point of View PDF

Determining the Author’s Purpose, Tone, Point of View, and Intended Audience Authors’ Point of View An author’s point of view refers to his or her position on an issue or, in other words, the author’s opinion or belief regarding an issue.
Authors may have conflicting points...

Determining the Author’s Purpose, Tone, Point of View, and Intended Audience Authors’ Point of View An author’s point of view refers to his or her position on an issue or, in other words, the author’s opinion or belief regarding an issue.
Authors may have conflicting points of view (opinions) about controversial issues
When authors favor one side of an issue, they are said to have a bias in favor of that side of the issue.
Authors may be unbiased (neutral or objective). Author’s Intended Meaning The authors intended meaning is what the author wants readers to understand, even if the words appear to be saying something different.
A sarcastic tone, for example, can change the meaning completely.
Ask yourself, “What is the author’s real meaning?” Author’s Intended Audience Intended audience means the people the writer has in mind as the readers.
The intended audience will be: o A specific person (e.g., a newspaper editor) o A group of people (e.g., college students, parents) o The general public (e.g., the public at large; the “typical” American adult) Mariely Sanchez © www.sanchezclass.com Author’s Tone Tone refers to the author’s use of words and writing style to convey his or her attitude towards a topic.
If you misinterpret the tone (such as sarcasm), you may misinterpret the message.
Tone and purpose go together.
Ask yourself what the author’s voice would sound like if he or she had spoken the words rather than written them. The Edge
In literature, “point of view” means the person through whose eyes the story is being told.
The author’s tone helps you understand the author’s intended (real) meaning.
There are many words that can be used to describe an author’s tone.
Don’t confuse a description of a topic with a description of the tone. (A sad topic could be presented in a neutral tone.)
Be specific about who the intended audience is. (Do not say the intended audience is “the readers.” Tell who those readers would be.) Mariely Sanchez © www.sanchezclass.com  Author’s Purpose Chart Story/Poem Article/Passage To tell To give facts To entertain (with a scary story, To inform humorous story…) To teach (a moral or fable) To make it clear To show To teach To persuade/convince To show (differences/similarities, effects…) To explain To demonstrate To prove To give an account of (biographies) To develop (a setting, an idea, a character Mariely Sanchez © www.sanchezclass.com