Author's Purpose & Text Features

Author's Purpose & Text Features

Article: This is Rosa Parks by TIME for Kids and American Girl

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Does this article have… A title and subtitles?

• Yes

• No

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Does this article have… Pictures & captions?

• Yes

• No

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Does this article have… Table of contents?

• Yes

• No

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Does this article have… Table of contents?

• Yes

• No

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Does this article have… A glossary?

• Yes

• No

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Does this article have… An index?

• Yes

• No

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Does this article have… Labels?

• Yes

• No

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Does this article have… Maps?

• Yes

• No

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Does this article have… Timelines?

• Yes

• No

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Does this article have… BOLD or Italics?

• Yes

• No

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Does this article have… a title page?

• Yes

• No

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Does this article have…

Charts and graphs?

• Yes

• No

Author's Purpose

Easy as PIE

Proposito Del Autor

Multiple Choice

Which is the AUTHOR’s PURPOSE of this Article?

• Persuade

• Entertain

• Inform

• Decide

Open Ended

What is evidence that supports the author's purpose of this article? (Use text evidence and a full sentence)

Example: Evidence that this article was informing is that it gave dates for when MLK gave his speech to inform the reader when that happened.

Sentence Frame: Evidence that this article was ______ is ______ because _______.