1. Purpose/Main Idea/ Supporting Details

2. Purpose Review Inform Entertain Reflect Persuade
What are the 4 types of purpose?

3. Inform
The only goal is to present the facts to the reader and tell them what is happening. Nothing more.
Example:
A CBS spokesperson told ESPN that the network would have no comment on the leaked bracket, while the NCAA said in a statement that it was investigating the situation.

4. Entertain
To literally entertain the reader. Think stories. Think satirical articles like The Onion.
Example:
Archaeologists excavating a 1.5-million-year-old Homo erectus habitation site this week unearthed the strongest evidence to date that early humans first used fire to impress their friends.

5. To Reflect
To think carefully over a topic and make considerations of why or how something occurred.
Example: Bill Simmons on his new Ringer endeavor
When we announced The Ringer last month, we braced for the ensuing barrage of Knoxville jokes, but something weird happened: People actually liked the name. I mean, as much as the Internet likes anything. Now we have a sports/tech/pop-culture website (coming within three to 37 months), a podcast network, a newsletter, a Twitter handle a Facebook page (facebook.com/ringer), an Instagram account a promising HBO Now relationship (stay tuned for news on our first project, coming imminently), more than 20 staffers and writers (some of whom we announced today) and our own L.A. office, which has meshed beautifully with everyone from my HBO show (also coming within three to 37 months). We’ve come a looooong way from that dumb whiteboard.

6. To Persuade
To argue a point and convince readers to shift to a different point of view on a topic.
Example:
Those who argue that youth sports are too intense point mostly to two factors: the amount of time they require and the pressure that they place on young athletes. These are the very qualities, however, that make youth sports so valuable to those who participate.

8. Main Idea vs. Topic Topic: The subject of the article
Main Idea: What about the topic? What is the article stating about this topic?

9. Practice Read the article with a partner. Establish what is the topic?
And what is the main idea?
Your main idea must be expressed in a full, complete sentence.

10. Examples Topic: Google
Main Idea: While Google does make things easier for the common people, it is, however, diminishing our ability to retain or reflect on the information given. This, therefore, limits our ability to think critically on a given topic.

11. Supporting Details FATREDS Facts: True information about a topic
Anecdotes: Personal stories that relate to a topic.
Testimonies: Personal stories from another person that relate to a topic.
Reasons: Points that supports a point of view on a topic.
Examples: Illustration of a topic.
Details: Information to support a point on a topic.
Statistics: A fact or piece of data from a study of a large quantity of numerical data.

12. Your Task Choose an article from the front.
Fill out the information on your Nonfiction Skills sheet for your specific article.
You may work together, but I expect to see your main ideas not be worded the exact same.