Author's Purpose Review

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What is author's purpose?

• how an author feels about the topic

• The author's opinion on the topic

• The words the author chooses to use when writing

• the main reason an author creates a piece of writing

Match

Match the following purpose to its definition.

• Enterain

• Persuade

• Inform

to enjoy their words

to agree with their point of view

to learn about a specific topic

• to enjoy their words

• to agree with their point of view

• to learn about a specific topic

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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.

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain
• Explain

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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.

• Perdusade

• Inform

• Entertain

• Describe

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Entertain means...

• To make people scared
• To make people sad
• To make people enjoy something
• To go to the circus

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Persuade means...

• Make people agree with you
• Make people angry
• Make people think the opposite thing
• Make people happy

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Inform means...

• Give informal speech
• Give information
• Take the form
• Give in a form

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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.

What is the author's purpose?

• to entertain with a story about school

• to teach you how to get good grades

• to persuade you to work hard in school

• to explain the best colleges

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Dear Edith,

Pets should be allowed in restaurants. I brought my dog to dinner, and the waiter threw us out. He said that dogs were dirty, but my dog is cleaner than many people. I know! It's not fair - it's a ridiculous rule, and it should be changed.

• to persuade

• to inform

• to entertain

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The Food Group Pyramid tells how to eat healthy. It shows how food is divided into six groups. It is important to eat foods that belong to each group every day. The pyramid helps show how much of each you should eat.

• To persuade

• To inform

• To entertain

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Joe had been fishing for over two hours without a single bite. Suddenly there was a nibble at the end of his fishing line. He stood up on the boat and leaned out too far. Just then there was a sharp yank on the line. Joe fell overboard and landed head first into the water. Joe and his friends laughed and laughed.

• To inform

• To entertain

• To persuade

Multiple Choice

If the author is trying to make you laugh his/her purpose is...

• To Entertain

• To Persuade

• To Explain

• To Inform

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advertisements

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

• Explain

• Describe

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textbooks

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

• Explain

• Describe

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stories

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

• Explain

• Describe

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campaign speeches

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

• Explain

• Describe

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A map of the school showing all of the emergency exit.

• entertain

• inform

• persuade

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Come and buy John's pizza today! It is cheap and tastes amazing!

What is the authors purpose in this text?

• To Persuade

• To Entertain

• To Inform

• To Explain

Multiple Choice

What is the author's purpose for writing a passage like the following?

The script for a television commercial to be read by Miley Cyrus telling viewers to make environmentally friendly decisions because future generations depend on it

• to inform
• to entertain
• to persuade
• to describe

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What is the author's purpose for writing a passage like the following?

A sticker on the trash compactor that shows how to operate it

• to inform
• to entertain
• to persuade
• to describe

Multiple Choice

What is the author's purpose for writing a passage like the following?

An article in a magazine comparing and contrasting waste management in New York City and Mexico City

• to inform
• to entertain
• to persuade
• to describe

Multiple Choice

What is the author's purpose for writing a passage like the following?

The story of a garbage truck who has a hard time making friends

• to inform
• to entertain
• to persuade
• to describe

Multiple Choice

What is the author's purpose for writing a passage like the following?

Instructions on how to make a compost pile

• to inform
• to entertain
• to persuade
• to describe