Think About Purpose

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Thinking about the author's purpose helps us understand the text.

🎯 Your mission

Read carefully. Then prove you understood.

⚡ The twist

Slow down. The first answer that pops up isn't always the right one.

What You'll Learn

Thinking about the author's purpose helps us understand the text. Thinking about purpose helps us understand. We ask: Why did the author write this?

Thinking about purpose helps us understand.

We ask: Why did the author write this?

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Should we think about why the author wrote this?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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