Author's purpose - Informational Text & Features

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What is the purpose of the statement: "Do you carpool to school? Do you take a bus? It should be a requirement for everyone to either share a ride or walk to school every day. If we are serious about saving the planet, we must take steps to conserve energy and reduce fossil fuel emissions." Options: Persuade, Inform, Entertain, Explain

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Persuade

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What was the purpose of Caroline Bartlett Crane's activism? Options: Persuade, Inform, Explain, Describe

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Inform

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What is the purpose of the passage: “Once upon a time in a magical kingdom, there lived a great hero. He was about to set out on a dangerous quest!”? Options: Explain, Persuade, Entertain, Inform

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Entertain

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What are the three reasons we write? (Authors purpose for writing) Options: Persuade, Inform, Electrify, Perform, Infer, Entertain, Persuade, Inform, Educate, Persuade, Inform, Entertain

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Persuade, Inform, Entertain

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The author wants you to do, buy, or believe something.

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persuade

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Persuade

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Make people agree with you

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Entertain

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To make people enjoy something

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What is the author's purpose?
It's important to go to school. What you learn in school will help you later in life. It will also help you get a job. If you work hard in school and make good grades, you may be able to go to college and have a career.

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to persuade you to work hard in school

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What is the author's purpose?
"Eating too much cake and not exercising will give us health problems."
Options: Persuade, Inform, Entertain

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Inform

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Why would an author include illustrations?

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To expand the meaning of the text