The Story of the Smartphone: Author's Purpose

Read about innovation, then work out why the author wrote it.

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Innovation is the process of creating new ideas, products, or methods that improve our lives.

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Innovation is the process of creating new ideas, products, or methods that improve our lives. It helps solve problems and makes things easier or better. For example, think about the smartphone. Before smartphones, people used simple cell phones just for calling and texting.

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The invention of the smartphone combined a phone with a computer, allowing us to send emails, play games, and even video chat! Innovators study what people need and find ways to meet those needs in clever and creative ways. This is how innovation can change the world around us.

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Why did the author most likely write this passage?

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Authors use examples to explain their ideas. Which sentence from the passage gives an example?

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