author's purpose

Inform means...

• Give informal speech
• Give information
• Take the form
• Give in a form

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

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CCSS.RI.7.5

What was the author's purpose in writing this?

• To entertain

• To inform

• To describe

• To explain

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

a cook book containing recipes for making cakes, cookies, and other desserts

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

Frogs are amphibians. They can live on either land or in water. A frog can lay thousands of egg called frog spawn.

The author's purpose in writing this passage is to...

• Inform the reader about frogs.

• To persuade the reader to buy frogs.

• To describe how to buy frogs.

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

An author's purpose is...

• the reason an author writes
• the reason an author teaches
• author's sense of humor
• author's way of life. 

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

What is the author's purpose?

A recipe on how to make Italian pasta

• Entertain

• Inform

• Explain

• Describe

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

It's important to go to school. 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.

The main purpose of the selection is to -

• define the purpose of school

• describe what school is like for kids

• list all of the good parts of school

• convince people to go to school

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

When an author writes to persuade , it means the author is:

• trying to give you information to teach you the facts.

• trying to make you enjoy the story be keeping the reader's attention.

• trying to get you to do or try something.

• trying to see if you are paying attention.

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CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

Advertisements are created to:

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.8

When an author's purpose is to inform, it means the author is

• trying to make you enjoy the story by keeping the reader's attention.

• trying to give you information and teach you facts.

• trying to get you to do or try something.

• trying to see if you are paying attention.

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CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6