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Author's Purpose Exit Slip

Authored by Judy Smith

English

9th - 12th Grade

CCSS covered

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Author's Purpose Exit Slip
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What are the three reasons we write?
(Authors purpose for writing)

Persuade, Inform, Electrify
Perform, Infer, Entertain
Persuade, Inform, Educate
Persuade, Inform, Entertain

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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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Persuade means...

Make people agree with you
Make people angry
Make people think the opposite thing
Make people fall in love

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Inform means...

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Entertain means...

To make people scared
To make people sad
To make people enjoy something
To go to the circus

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

What is the author's purpose for writing a passage like the following?
A poem about a garbage truck that uses a lot of onomatopoeia

to inform
to entertain
to persuade
to describe

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Media Image

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

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The author wants the reader to create a picture of a person, place or a thing by using their five senses

inform
describe
persuade
explain

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

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