authors purpose

The way the author views the topic of the text.

• perspective
• assumption
• sensory words
• entertain

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

Do you carpool to school? Do you take a bus? It should be a requirement for everyone to either share a ride or walk to school every day. If we are serious about saving the planet, we must take steps to conserve energy and reduce fossil fuel emissions.

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain
• Explain

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Driving west from Capital Park, turn left onto Maple Avenue. Continue for three blocks until you come to Trumbull Street, and then turn right. The library will be on your left.

• Persuade
• Describe
• Explain
• Inform

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Sarah knew time travel was impossible. Everything she’d learned in science told her it couldn’t be done. But as she looked around the street, noting the horse-drawn carriages and the women dressed in long dresses and hats, she realized she was in the nineteenth century.

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain
• Describe

What is the purpose of a book of jokes about being in the fourth grade?

• Explain
• Entertain
• Persuade
• Inform

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

The cat’s eyes were yellow, tinged with gold and brown. In the sunlight, the colors collided into each other like a topaz stone....or maybe a rich caramel candy. The unique color was so radiant it even shone in dim lighting.

• Explain
• Entertain
• Inform
• Describe

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

A commercial selling a new Star Wars Lego toy.

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

A flyer by a candidate running for town mayor.

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

A menu for a Chinese restaurant

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6