Fill an Author’s Purpose Organizer Online

What to write in each box

Use what the author says and how the text is built to infer the likely purpose rather than choosing a purpose from topic alone. Here is what each part of this organizer expects.

• Text / Source

  What text are you analyzing?

• Likely Audience

  Who seems to be the intended reader? What clues suggest that?

• Author Choices

  Note tone, evidence, examples, structure, calls to action, or omitted information.

• Likely Purpose

  What does the author want readers to know, believe, feel, or do?

• Evidence for the Purpose

  Which specific choices best support your conclusion?

Printing, saving, and downloading

1. Type your answers into the boxes above.
2. Print the page, or save it as a PDF from your browser's print dialog.
3. Or download a PNG image of the finished organizer. No sign-up is required.

Blank copy and examples

The Author's Purpose Graphic Organizer page has the blank PDF in US Letter and A4, a completed example you can compare with your own page, and teaching notes for using it with students.