Author's Purpose

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English

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2nd - 3rd Grade

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Medium

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CCSS

RI.2.6, RI.1.5, RI.3.6

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What do the letters in PIE stand for?

persuade, investigate, examine

program, interpret, entertain

persuade, inform, entertain

prepare, inform, experiment

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are the three reasons we write?
(Authors purpose for writing)

Persuade, Inform, Electrify

Perform, Infer, Entertain

Persuade, Inform, Educate

Persuade, Inform, Entertain

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Persuade means...

Make people agree with you

Make people angry

Make people think the opposite thing

Make people fall in love

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.1.8

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.2.8

CCSS.RI.3.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Inform means...

Give informal speech

Give information

Take the form

Give in a form

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Entertain means...

To make people scared

To make people sad

To make people enjoy something

To go to the circus

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the authors purpose?
"Eating too much cake and not exercising will give us health problems."

Persuade

Inform

Entertain

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the authors purpose?
"Every house should have a dog. They are cute, loyal and will protect your house."

Persuade

Inform

Entertain

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

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Author's Purpose

10 questions

What do the letters in PIE stand for?

What are the three reasons we write?
(Authors purpose for writing)

Persuade means...

Inform means...

Entertain means...

What is the authors purpose?
"Eating too much cake and not exercising will give us health problems."

What is the authors purpose?
"Every house should have a dog. They are cute, loyal and will protect your house."

What is the authors purpose?
"She threw the paper airplane. It looped through the trees, under the dogs belly, up into the sky and landed in the hot air balloon."

Choose the author's main purpose(s) in the passage below.

Many people believe that the world’s largest desert is the Sahara. However, the world’s largest desert is actually Antarctica.

Choose the author's main purpose(s) in the passage below.

"Run to your nearest toy store and buy the Lazy Crazy Scooter today! Give your tired feet a rest as you zip through town in style on this motorized scooter. It's the best, craziest scooter around!"

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Author's Purpose

10 questions

What do the letters in PIE stand for?

What are the three reasons we write?(Authors purpose for writing)

Persuade means...

Inform means...

Entertain means...

What is the authors purpose?"Eating too much cake and not exercising will give us health problems."

What is the authors purpose?"Every house should have a dog. They are cute, loyal and will protect your house."

What is the authors purpose?"She threw the paper airplane. It looped through the trees, under the dogs belly, up into the sky and landed in the hot air balloon."

Choose the author's main purpose(s) in the passage below.Many people believe that the world’s largest desert is the Sahara. However, the world’s largest desert is actually Antarctica.

Choose the author's main purpose(s) in the passage below."Run to your nearest toy store and buy the Lazy Crazy Scooter today! Give your tired feet a rest as you zip through town in style on this motorized scooter. It's the best, craziest scooter around!"

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What are the three reasons we write?
(Authors purpose for writing)

What is the authors purpose?
"Eating too much cake and not exercising will give us health problems."

What is the authors purpose?
"Every house should have a dog. They are cute, loyal and will protect your house."

What is the authors purpose?
"She threw the paper airplane. It looped through the trees, under the dogs belly, up into the sky and landed in the hot air balloon."

Choose the author's main purpose(s) in the passage below.

Many people believe that the world’s largest desert is the Sahara. However, the world’s largest desert is actually Antarctica.

Choose the author's main purpose(s) in the passage below.

"Run to your nearest toy store and buy the Lazy Crazy Scooter today! Give your tired feet a rest as you zip through town in style on this motorized scooter. It's the best, craziest scooter around!"