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How does identifying the author's purpose help the reader?

A. It helps the reader pick important terms.

B. It helps the reader memorize the text.

C. It helps the reader respond to the text.

D. It helps the reader know the author.

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Identifying the author's purpose is an important part of reading comprehension. ... It's sort of like setting a purpose for comprehension. In general, there are 3 basic reasons for an author to write something: to persuade their reader, to inform their reader, or to entertain their reader. Maybe like C
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