Educational poster explaining author's purpose and perspective in reading and writing.

- Author's Purpose: To inform and persuade readers about the importance of understanding an author's purpose and perspective when reading nonfiction.
- Author's Perspective: The author believes that recognizing why an author wrote a text (to inform, entertain, or persuade) helps readers better understand the material and how it might influence their thinking.
- Details in the Text: The text defines nonfiction as writing meant to inform, explains that authors choose purposes such as to persuade, entertain, or inform, and notes that if readers change their views after reading, one of the author’s purposes may have been to persuade. It also states that perspective reflects how the author feels about the topic.