Author's purpose

a story about a family trying to stick together and survive through the Great Depression

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain

a section in a history book describing the conditions and causes of the Great Depression

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain

an instructional booklet describing how to operate a smart phone

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain

a poem about why the iPhone is the greatest electronic device ever made

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain

a story of a young athlete who takes steroids and his life and future fall apart

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain

What is the author's purpose for writing a passage like the following?

A five-paragraph essay in which the author attempts to convince readers to recycle more and to be less wasteful

• to inform
• to entertain
• to persuade
• to describe

What is the author's purpose for writing a passage like the following?

A short story about a boy who never cleans his room and the horrible mess that accumulates

• to inform
• to entertain
• to persuade
• to describe

What is the author's purpose for writing a passage like the following?

A bookmark with facts about garbage, such as the average weight of garbage created each year by each individual and the height and width of the largest pile of garbage 

• to inform
• to entertain
• to persuade
• to describe

A paragraph telling you about how a piece of candy smells, looks, feels, sounds and tastes. 

• Describe
• Inform
• Entertain
• Explain 

An article arguing why Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player ever.

• Persuade
• Inform
• Entertain