author's purpose

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes why understanding an author's purpose is helpful to readers?

• It helps us enjoy and understand what we read.

• It allows us to memorize every detail.

• It makes reading faster.

• It helps us write longer essays.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT one of the five main types of author's purpose?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

• Argue

Multiple Choice

What is the main difference between an author's purpose to persuade and to inform?

• Persuade tries to convince, inform tries to educate with facts.

• Persuade uses vivid language, inform uses humor.

• Persuade entertains, inform describes.

• Persuade explains a process, inform tells a story.

Open Ended

Give an example of a text that has the purpose to entertain. Explain your reasoning.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following could be an example of a text with the purpose to explain?

• A food review

• A recipe

• A comic strip

• A newspaper article

Multiple Select

Select all the purposes that could apply to a descriptive poem.

• Persuade

• Describe

• Entertain

• Explain

Multiple Choice

What is the author's purpose in the passage about the Industrial Revolution?

• To inform
• To entertain

• To describe

• To persuade

Multiple Choice

What is the author's purpose in the passage about recess?

• To inform
• To entertain

• To describe

• To persuade

Multiple Choice

Shelly the turtle loved to watch the other animals race around the pond. She admired the ducks gliding through the water and the rabbits hopping across the grass. One sunny morning, she decided she wanted to join the fun. “I may be slow,” she thought, “but I can still try.”

Shelly lined up beside a frog and a squirrel. When the race began, they zoomed ahead while she took one careful step at a time. Halfway through, Shelly noticed the frog stop to chat and the squirrel pause to look for acorns. Without realizing it, Shelly kept moving forward.

When she finally reached the finish line, the other animals cheered. The squirrel and frog hadn’t even finished! “You won because you didn’t give up,” said the duck proudly. Shelly smiled and dipped her head. “Slow and steady really does win the race,” she said.

• The purpose of the story is to inform.

• The purpose of the story is to entertain.

• The purpose of the story is to describe.

• The purpose of the story is to persuade.