Meet Lily, a 7th-grade student who loved writing. One day, her teacher assigned a writing project and asked everyone to determine their author's purpose. Lily was intrigued. What was her purpose? Her teacher explained that an author's purpose could be to persuade, inform, or entertain. If Lily wrote a persuasive essay on 'Why Reading is Important', her purpose would be to persuade others to read more. If she chose to write about the history of her town, her purpose would be to inform. And if she decided to write a fun, imaginative story, her purpose would be to entertain. As Lily explored these concepts, she realized that sometimes an author could have more than one purpose. A newspaper article informing about a local event could also entertain readers with witty writing, or a storybook might inform about a different culture while still being entertaining. In the end, Lily discovered her purpose for writing was both to inform and entertain. She decided to write a fun-filled story based on her recent school trip. After all, who said you could have only one purpose?