5th 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

Tags

CCSS.W.4.1A

Entertain means...

• To make people sleepy
• To make people leave
• To make people enjoy something
• To make people read

Persuade means...

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

Tags

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

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5B

The dragon said "What? I didn't mean to burn him but..." 
What is the authors purpose in this text?

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

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

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

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

Commercials are used for...  

• Persuading
• Entertaining
• Informing
• Explaining

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.4.8

Textbooks are used for...

• Entertaining
• Informing

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.SL.3.2

Poems and Stories are used for...

• Entertaining
• Informing
• Explaining
• Persuading 

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.2