What you learn in school will help you later in life. It will also help you get a job. If you work hard in school and make good grades, you may be able to go to college and have a career. What is the author's purpose?

to persuade you to work hard in school

to entertain with a story about school

to teach you how to get good grades

Define the Author's Purpose "to entertain".

A reading passage that is enjoyable to read, tells, a personal story, or teaches a lesson through the use of a story.

A reading passage that contains facts about a particular subject.

A reading passage that has many descriptive details.

A reading passage that contains many opinions or tries toc onvince readers to do something, buy something, or believe something.

Define the Author's Purpose "to inform".

A reading passage that contains facts about a particular subject.

A reading passage that has many descriptive details.

A reading passage that is enjoyable to read, tells, a personal story, or teaches a lesson through the use of a story.

A reading passage that contains many opinions or tries toc onvince readers to do something, buy something, or believe something.

What is the best question to ask yourself when you are trying to find the main idea?

What point is the author trying to make?

What is the main difference between THEME and CENTRAL IDEA.

Theme is a universal lesson and main idea is what a story is about.

Theme is what a story is about and main idea is the universal lesson it teaches.

What does the central idea of a story tell the reader?

a specific detail from the story

The universal truth, moral, or idea the author wants to express

What is the best question to ask yourself when you are trying to find the central idea?

What point is the author trying to make?

What makes problem and solution different from cause and effect?

Problem and solution offers a solution while cause and effect doesn't.

Problem and solution shows what happened and why it happened.

Ray forgot to charge his iPad. As a result, his iPad was dead the next day. What is the Cause? What is the Effect?

Cause: Ray forgot to charge his iPad. Effect: Ray's iPad was dead.

Cause: Ray's iPad was dead. Effect: Ray forgot to charge his iPad.

the writer's opinion about a text

the details that explain the text

a retelling of the most important ideas

When reading, what is the first question you need to ask yourself?

What does the author want me to know about the topic?

When reading, what is the second question you need to ask yourself?

What does the author want me to know about the topic?

This is what you look for when trying to determine the central/main idea.

Patterns, repeated words, phrases, or related ideas.

Text Structure, Central Idea, and Author's Purpose

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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A story written to bring the reader enjoyment

entertains

describes

compares

persuades

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A text written to convince the reader to do or buy something

informs

persuades

explains

teaches

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A text written to give the reader facts and information about a topic

illustrates

entertains

retells

informs

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A text written about how two or more people or things are alike or different

summarizes

compares

entertains

teaches

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A statement that is true and can be proven

cause

reason

fact

opinion

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How the author organizes the information in the text

summary

text structure

main idea

text features

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

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This type of text structure includes something that is wrong or needs to be fixed and a way to fix the problem.

cause and effect

chronological

problem and solution

compare and contrast

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

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Text Structure, Central Idea, and Author's Purpose

A story written to bring the reader enjoyment

A text written to convince the reader to do or buy something

A text written to give the reader facts and information about a topic

A text written about how two or more people or things are alike or different

A statement that is true and can be proven

How the author organizes the information in the text

This type of text structure includes something that is wrong or needs to be fixed and a way to fix the problem.

This type of text structure includes something that happened and the reasons why it happened.

This type of text structure includes events in the order in which they happened.

This type of text structure includes a comparison of how two or more people or things are alike and different.

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