Author's Purpose Vocabulary

Which word means the following:

Facts or examples that explain more

• persuade

• examples

• evidence

• reasons

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.2.9

Which word means the following

To convince someone to think or do something

• points

• evidence

• persuade

• reasons

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

The author's point is

• the main idea of the text

• the main idea of the paragraph

• the purpose of the passage

• the idea the author is making

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

What is it called when an author explains why their point is truth?

• reasons

• evidence

• persuade

• inference

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.2.9

This week's standard is RI.4.8. What does the I stand for?

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5