Author's Purpose Fourth Grade Review Lesson

Author's Purpose Fourth Grade Review Lesson

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Author's Purpose

An author's purpose is what he or she hopes to accomplish with a given text. You can determine an author's purpose by looking at the types of words, phrases, and sentences that an author chooses to include.

Multiple Choice

Today, it is not uncommon to see women wearing high-heeled shoes. However, the first high-heeled shoes were actually made for men back in the 1500s. The heels helped soldiers keep their feet in the stirrups of their saddles as they rode into battle.

What is the author's purpose?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

• Describe

What happens if we take the same question and just use statements that mean inform for your answer choices?​

Will you still be able to choose the correct answer?​

Multiple Choice

Today, it is not uncommon to see women wearing high-heeled shoes. However, the first high-heeled shoes were actually made for men back in the 1500s. The heels helped soldiers keep their feet in the stirrups of their saddles as they rode into battle.

What is the author's purpose?

• To inform the reader about how high-heeled shoes are not uncommon.

• To inform the reader about the history of high-heeled shoes.

• To inform the reader about why men wore heels.

• To inform the reader about how the heels helped keep feet in stirrups.

​Some other words that

mean inform

​tell · give (someone) facts or information · to provide facts · let someone know · notify · advise · announce to· communicate to · brief · enlighten

Subject | Subject

Some text here about the topic of discussion

Multiple Choice

Hellen Keller was born in 1880 and died in 1968. Despite being deaf and blind, Keller was a political activist, a lecturer, an author, and a tireless advocate for those with disabilities.

• To tell the reader that Hellen Keller was a political activist.

• To provide facts about Hellen Keller.

• To communicate when Heller Keller lived.

• To describe Heller Keller's life.