Author’s PurposeAuthor’s Purpose

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EntertainEntertain

Authors also write Authors also write to provide to provide pleasure to the pleasure to the reader.reader.

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Fictional booksFictional books

ComicsComics

Movie scriptsMovie scripts

PersuadePersuade

To persuade means To persuade means the author is trying the author is trying to convince you to to convince you to do something.do something.

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AdvertisementsAdvertisements

Persuasive EssaysPersuasive Essays

InformInform

Sometimes authors Sometimes authors write to give the write to give the reader reader information.information.

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News articlesNews articles

MemosMemos

TextbooksTextbooks

CritiqueCritique

Sometime authors Sometime authors critique (analyze or critique (analyze or evaluate) something. evaluate) something.

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movie critiquesmovie critiques

editorialseditorials

election articleselection articles

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Tumbleweed Tree Lighting Festivities

Join us in celebrating the 50th anniversary of this special event! Chandler is the lone city in the Southwest with a holiday tree made out of tumbleweeds, a unique sight that draws visitors from far and wide during the holidays. This community celebration also includes the festive Parade of Lights. 

                                                                                          Saturday, Dec. 2, 2006 - 7 p.m.

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HoroscopesHoroscopes

            If you're itching for a big drama to come into your life, don't do anything new -- because there's a doozy of a soap opera coming your way soon! Luckily, it will have an adventurous, lost-on-a-desert-island type of plot and not a teary dreary one. Be ready to roll and travel at a moment's notice -- is your passport up-to-date? You might not get a lot of sleep over the next few days, but you will definitely be having a heck of a lot of fun!

                       

                                          

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Cavuto: America’s #1 Movie, Happy Feet, Is ‘Offensive,’ ‘An Animated Inconvenient Truth’The #1 movie in the country, the animated film “Happy Feet,” is “an entertaining story about a young bird’s journey toward self-acceptance.” But to Fox News’ Neil Cavuto it’s insidious “far left” political propaganda. Cavuto saw the movie with his sons and found it “offensive.” Cavuto objected to the fact that penguins in the movie have trouble finding food because of overfishing and oil drilling. Cavuto called the film “an animated ‘Inconvenient Truth.’ I half expected to see an animated version of Al Gore pop-up.” Watch it:

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Digi Draw 3d

With Digi-draw 3-D you can trace your favorite 3D objects for the first time ever! Trace a stuffed animal, a model car or even a trophy. Draw on a greeting card, a t-shirt or a skateboard. Impress everyone by turning a real life object into a piece of art!