Authors Purpose

What is the author's purpose?
A recipe to make an award-winning spicy chicken salad.

• Entertain
• Inform
• Persuade

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CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

What is the author's purpose?
A note from your friend asking you to be his science partner.

• Entertain
• Inform
• Persuade

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CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

What is the author's purpose?
A care label on the back of a sweatshirt explaining how it should be washed.

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain

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CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

What is the author's purpose?
A script for a TV show about a detective who can read the minds of farm animals

• Inform
• Entertain
• Persuade

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CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

What is the author's purpose?
The play Hamlet by William Shakespeare

• Inform
• Persuade
• Entertain

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CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

What is the author's purpose?
A novel about a young girl who demands respect from the world

• Entertain
• Inform
• Persuade

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CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

What is the author's purpose?
A sticker on a frozen pizza with directions explaining how to cook the pizza and offering nutritional information

• Inform
• Persuade
• Entertain

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CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

The Underground Railroad was a secret organization which helped slaves escape to freedom. Many slaves were able to escape because of the conductors and station masters. The northern states were free states and slaves were free once they arrived in the north. Secret codes and signals were used to identify the conductors and station masters. 

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• to Entertain
• to Persuade

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CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

Judy Glen's amazing Wrinkle Remover cream will make you look younger in thirty days or less. This remarkable cream has special ingredients to make your wrinkles disappear. The cost for a thirty day supply is $ 25.99. Send your check to P.O.Box 00002, Shelton, CA 74836 

• to Inform
• to Entertain
• to Persuade

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CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

HAMSTERS FOR SALE: Braxton Pet Store, Northwood Mall: We have a large selection of hamsters for sale this week. They are interesting pets and you will enjoy having one. They are only $ 17.99 this week. Come and buy yours today! 

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• to Entertain
• to Persuade

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CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.7.6