Author's Purpose

The author's purpose in a math book is

• to entertain

• to persuade

• to inform

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

The author is trying to get you to buy something (a new toy)

• inform

• entertain

• persuade

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

The author's purpose of a folk tale is

• to inform

• to persuade

• to entertain

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

A joke book for 4th graders is

• to entertain

• to persuade

• to inform

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

The author's purpose of a biography is

• to entertain

• to persuade

• to inform

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

To convince the reader of a certain point of view you are trying

• to entertain

• to persuade

• to inform

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

The author's purpose of a newspaper is

• to inform

• to persuade

• to entertain

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

The author's purpose of a biography (a book about a person's life written by another person) is

• to entertain

• to persuade

• to inform

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

The author's purpose of a comic is

• to persuade

• to entertain

• to inform

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.K.5

The author's purpose of a poem is

• to persuade

• to inform

• to entertain

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9