4th grade Author's purpose

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

• Persuade, Inform, Electrify
• Perform, Infer, Entertain
• Persuade, Inform, Educate
• Persuade, Inform, Entertain

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CCSS.W.4.1A

Persuade means...

• Make people agree with you
• Make people angry
• Make people think the opposite thing
• Make people fall in love

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CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

Inform means...

• Give informal speech
• Give information or teach something
• Take the form
• Give in a form

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CCSS.L.3.5B

Come and buy John's pizza today! It is cheap and tastes amazing!
What is the authors purpose in this text? 

• To Persuade
• To Entertain
• To Inform 
• To Explain

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CCSS.RI.3.6

Commercials are used for...  

• Persuading
• Entertaining
• Informing
• Explaining

If the author is trying to make you laugh his/her purpose is...

• To Entertain 
• To Persuade 
• To Explain
• To Inform

Textbooks are used for...

• Entertaining
• Informing

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.6

Poems and Stories are used for...

• Entertaining
• Informing
• Explaining
• Persuading 

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CCSS.RL.3.2

Ted was anxious to try out for the basketball team. He had practiced and new he was ready. Tryouts made him a little nervous, but when he found out he made the team he knew that all the hard work had paid off. 

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain

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CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.3

Rules are very important. They help keep things running smoothly. Rules let you know what you can and cannot do whether you are playing a game or explaining how to act in class. You should follow rules; they help people get a long.

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.W.4.2D