RP 6A L4: Author's Purpose

RP 6A L4: Author's Purpose

Multiple Choice

► Read these paragraphs and answer the questions that follow. When the food chain is broken, it affects all life on Earth: plants, animals, and people alike. To care for ourselves and keep ourselves healthy, we need to care for all other living things and keep them healthy too. It’s as simple as that.

1. The author of the text above is

• A. persuading.

• B. informing.

• C. entertaining.

• D. sharing a personal experience.

Multiple Choice

In the United States today, the average home is about 2,600 square feet. That’s more than twice the size of a home in the 1950s. And many of the homes built in just the last 20 years are far bigger. At the same time, many people around the world live in one room or a cramped apartment for economic reasons.

2. The author of the text above is

• A. persuading.

• B. informing.

• C. entertaining.

• D. sharing a personal experience.

Multiple Choice

I was sitting in my chair, lazily turning the pages of a small paperback book someone had left on the bus earlier that afternoon, when I came across the sentence that first put me on the trail. For a moment I didn’t respond. It took some time for the full importance of the words to sink in. Once I understood what I had read, it seemed odd I hadn’t noticed it right away.

3. The author of the text above is

• A. persuading.

• B. informing.

• C. entertaining.

• D. sharing a personal experience.

Multiple Choice

Pablo followed the alien down the hallway. They found the group of boys. The alien stared at the boys. Soon the boys were covered with spiders. They dropped Pablo’s book bag. They jumped around, trying to brush the spiders off. Pablo saw his book bag fall to the floor. He grabbed it and ran toward his locker. The alien said, “See? I told you I have special powers.”

4. The author of the text above is

• A. persuading.

• B. informing.

• C. entertaining.

• D. sharing a personal experience.

Poll

I can cite textual evidence to support my answer in a given passage.

• Always

• Sometimes

• Never

Poll

I can recognize an author's purpose in a given passage.

• Always

• Sometimes

• Never