The authors purpose is the main idea of the story. What is the story focused on? What is the main topic that is being discussed over and over again. Main ideas are usually at the beggining and end of paragraphs/stories! hope this helped!!!
It is a myth because no one knows anything about it.
It was very helpful of the students to move the shelves for their teacher.
Being wise comes with age.
The dog was loyal to its owner since day one.
He’s the sort of man who’s always punctual.
The young boy was very stingy, so stingy that he would not even share his toys with his younger sister.
It was troublesome of the woman to climb the gate illegally.
The girl was honest when she explained why she had stolen from her mother.
The current scores were dominating compared last year’s.
The therapist nodded in understanding.
It was wasteful of the man to throw his half-eaten hotdog away.
Billy Jo thinks that the sky is blue because the sun paints it each morning.
<em>Billy Jo thinks that the sky is blue</em>. This is the independent clause. It has meaning by itself.
..<em>because the sun paints it each morning</em>. This is the dependent clause. It does not have meaning by itself. It needs the independent clause. It gives extra information -reason- related to the information in the independent clause.
