Author's Purpose Homework

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. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The author is the ____________ of a story. 

• writer
• artist
• reader
• setting

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

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CCSS.RL.8.6

You read a fiction book for fun. The purpose of the book is to...

• enterain
• persuade
• inform
• express feelings

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

If you read a short, funny story, the purpose of the story is to _______________ you. 

• entertain 
• inform 
• persuade
• express feelings to 

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

When you watch a debate on TV, the people debating are trying to ___________________ you. 

• enterain 
• inform
• persuade
• express feelings to

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

When you watch a documentary on TV about an event in history, such as WWII, the purpose of the documentary is to ___________________.

• entertain
• persuade
• inform 
• express feelings

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

If you go to a poetry reading about someone's feelings at a cafe, the reader's purpose is to _______________________.

• entertain
• inform
• persuade
• express feelings

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

You read a manual how to put furniture together. The manual's purpose is to....

• entertain
• inform
• persuade
• express feelings

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

When Miss Hill is teaching you something new, her purpose it to....

• entertain you
• persuade you
•  inform you
•  express feelings

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

Influencing someone to think how you think is the definition of_______________.

• persuade
• inform
• entertain
• feeling

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.9