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What is the author's main purpose of this text: A five paragraph essay where a student argues that people should recycle and not litter.

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What is the author's main purpose of this text: A diagram of the different parts of a laptop and how to use it.

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What is the author's main purpose of this text: An encyclopedia entry about endangered animals and different efforts made to protect them.

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What is the author's main purpose of this text: A map of the world with all the countries and oceans labelled.

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What is the author's main purpose of this text: A Garfield comic from the newspaper in which Garfield hates Mondays but loves lasagna.

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What is the author's main purpose of this text: A brochure about why people shouldn't shop at Walmart because they hurt local businesses and don't treat their employees fairly.

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What is the author's main purpose of this text: A set of directions for a homework assignment.

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What is the author's main purpose of this text: The fourth novel in the Harry Potter series.

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What is the author's main purpose of this text: A student's book report about the fourth novel in the Harry Potter series.

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What is the author's main purpose of this text: A recipe for chocolate chip cookies.

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