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Purpose

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What the author is trying to accomplish

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Bias

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Personal preference or strong feelings about something

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It helps to know the author’s —— if you want to figure out if they are biased

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Purpose

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Two kinds of purpose

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Informative

Persuasive

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Persuasive

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Opinion

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Informative

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Telling info

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Tone can tell you about a writer’s

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Bias

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Every writer has a

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Bias

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What can create a bias?

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Word choice
Imagery
Sentence/paragraph length 
Grammar
References to audience or self
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Primary source

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Materials that have survived the past; materials from the actual period of history or event

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Secondary sources

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Accounts of the past created after the period of history or event happened

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