Author's Purpose

Author's Purpose

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30 Qs

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Author's Purpose

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Assessment

Quiz

English

8th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RI.8.6, RI.11-12.9, RI. 9-10.8

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Standards-aligned

Created by

Marissa Dickens

Used 106+ times

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30 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Identify the MAIN purpose of the author: A recipe to make an award-winning spicy chicken salad

Entertain

Inform

Persuade

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Identify the MAIN purpose of the author: A map of the school showing all of the emergency exits

Entertain

Inform

Persuade

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Identify the MAIN purpose of the author: A poem about a chef who ruins every meals that he cooks

Entertain

Inform

Persuad

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Identify the MAIN purpose of the author: A speech arguing that the 8th grade class should read The Hunger Games

Entertain

Inform

Persuade

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Identify the MAIN purpose of the author: A care label on the back of a sweatshirt explaining how to wash it.

Entertain

Inform

Persuade

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Identify the MAIN purpose of the author: A sign carried by a protester that reads, "More Libraries, Fewer Prisons!"

Entertain

Inform

Persuade

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Identify the MAIN purpose of the author: The play Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Entertain

Inform

Persuade

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

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