Author's Purpose

The author's purpose is?

• the feeling associated with a word

• the reason the author wrote the text

• to make money off his/her writing

• the mood the author is in when he/she writes

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.6

If an author proposes an idea, his/her purpose is to?

• compare

• explain

• suggest

• intensify

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.6

The author's purpose differs for _____________ and __________ texts.

• serious authors and funny authors

• poetry and free verse

• themes and central ideas

• informational and fictional

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.6

When an author is making an idea greater, his/her purpose is to?

• intensify

• criticize

• compare

• contrast

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.6

The secondary purpose for fictional texts is often?

• to compare

• to describe

• to teach a moral lesson

• to inform the audience

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2

The main purpose is of fictional texts is to?

• inform

• persude

• compare

• entertain

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2

Author's perspective if often evidenced in the ___________________.

• mood

• tone

• theme

• humor

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.8.4

When an author is trying to get people to come together by writing about common experiences, the secondary purpose is?

• inspire

• humor

• unify

• teach a moral lesson

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.6

The tone is often set by?

• the mood

• the author's word choice

• the theme

• the moral lesson

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RL.8.4

The moral lesson taught by a story is the?

• theme

• mood

• tone

• setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.2