What is the purpose of these subheadings?

To help the reader find the main ideas in each section

To help the reader understand the author’s opinion

To help the reader visualize the information

To help the reader place events in order

What is the difference between an index and a glossary?

The glossary shows the meaning of a word and the index shows what page to find a word on.

A glossary shows what page a word can be found on. The index tells the definition of the word.

The glossary shows a picture with a caption.

Text Features / Main Idea /Author's Purpose

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

True or false: An author can only use one letter of PIE when writing.

False

True

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What are the three reasons for writing?

Persuade, Inform, Entertain

Personal, Interview, Entertain

Persuade, Irony, Entertain

Personal, Inform, Evolve

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

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5 mins • 1 pt

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What is the author's purpose?

to entertain you with a story about artists

to teach you how all artists become famous

to convince you to attend an art program

to explain how to paint a sunset

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When an author's purpose is to inform, the text will include mostly ________.

opinions

funny or imaginary details

characters and a setting

facts

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The author’s main purpose is not to entertain in which of the following?

a story

a cookbook

a comic book

a movie

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Words like "best," "should," "think," "believe" and "feel" are clues that an author is most likely trying to ________.

persuade

inform

entertain

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

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

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

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Text Features / Main Idea /Author's Purpose

True or false: An author can only use one letter of PIE when writing.

What are the three reasons for writing?

Do you want to be an artist? Just enroll in "The Awesome Artists" program. Don't let this opportunity or your talent slip away. We guarantee you will be painting like the masters in two weeks for a low cost of $59.95.
What is the author's purpose?

When an author's purpose is to inform, the text will include mostly ________.

The author’s main purpose is not to entertain in which of the following?

Words like "best," "should," "think," "believe" and "feel" are clues that an author is most likely trying to ________.

What do the letters in PIE stand for?

The broad thing that a book is about is called the ________.

Descriptions of people, places or things that support the main idea are called ________.

Which type of text structure describes an issue and at least one way to solve it?

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Text Features / Main Idea /Author's Purpose

True or false: An author can only use one letter of PIE when writing.

What are the three reasons for writing?

Do you want to be an artist? Just enroll in "The Awesome Artists" program. Don't let this opportunity or your talent slip away. We guarantee you will be painting like the masters in two weeks for a low cost of $59.95.What is the author's purpose?

When an author's purpose is to inform, the text will include mostly ________.

The author’s main purpose is not to entertain in which of the following?

Words like "best," "should," "think," "believe" and "feel" are clues that an author is most likely trying to ________.

What do the letters in PIE stand for?

The broad thing that a book is about is called the ________.

Descriptions of people, places or things that support the main idea are called ________.

Which type of text structure describes an issue and at least one way to solve it?

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Do you want to be an artist? Just enroll in "The Awesome Artists" program. Don't let this opportunity or your talent slip away. We guarantee you will be painting like the masters in two weeks for a low cost of $59.95.
What is the author's purpose?