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!!!
“One step at a time, one day at a time, just today, just this day to get through.”
― Linda Sue Park, <span>A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story </span>
31 likes Like “Reading for writers is like training for athletes.”
― Linda Sue Park, <span>A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story </span>
6 likes Like “He was floating with his head down, blood streaming from a bullet hole in the back of his neck.”
― Linda Sue Park, <span>A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story </span>
6 likes Like “If he were older and stronger, would he have given water to those men? Or would he, like most of the group, have kept his water for himself?”
― Linda Sue Park, <span>A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story </span>
6 likes Like “Her sickness came from the water,” the nurse explained. “She should drink only good clean water. If the water is dirty, you should boil it for a count of two hundred before she drinks”
― Linda Sue Park, <span>A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story </span>
4 likes Like “One step at a time . . . one day at a time. Just today—just this day to get through . . .”
― Linda Sue Park, <span>A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story </span>
4 likes Like “Salva shouldered his way through the crowd until he was standing in front of the list. He raised his head slowly and began reading through the names. There it was. Salva Dut—Rochester, New York. Salva was going to New York. He was going to America!”
― Linda Sue Park, <span>A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story </span>
3 likes Like “The bag sprang a leak. The leak had to be patched. The patch sprang a leak. The crew patched the patch. Then the bag sprang another leak. The drilling could not go on.”
― Linda Sue Park, <span>A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story </span>
1 likes Like “They patched the bag again. The drilling went on.”
― Linda Sue Park, <span>A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story </span>
B) Information that has been described, analyzed or interpreted by a third party source who was not present.
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