5.1 Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

reason or reasons an author has for writing

• author

• author's purpose

• purpose

• persuade

to try to convince somebody to do something

• inform

• entertain

• persuade

• express

to give facts or information about a topic

• persuade

• inform

• entertain

• express

to cause someone to enjoy something

• persuade

• inform

• entertain

• express

to tell how someone feels

• persuade

• inform

• entertain

• express

keep away from

• whisked

• miserable

• dreary

• avoid

very unhappy

• miserable

• concoction

• beam

• peer

smile radiantly

• peer

• concoction

• avoid

• beam

dull, bleak, depressing

• whisked

• dreary

• miserable

• avoid

to look curiously

• avoid

• miserable

• beam

• peer