Author's Purpose Task Cards

The author's main purpose in writing this selection is to-

• Explain how teens are unable to problem solve

• Describing the effects of poor parenting

• Share the findings of a new study

• Suggest parents should no be overprotective

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What does "learned helplessness" mean?

• A learning to help others

• B relying on friends for help

• C trouble solving problems

• D unable to think for yourself

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What line from the text best communicates the author’s purpose?

• Allowing our kids the freedom to grow and learn on

  their own is critical for development.

• Beyond handling

  social issues, simple problem solving is something

  that I see young people struggle with quite often

  when they are without help from an older person.

• Life isn’t

  always friendly, and there are situations where you

  have to stick up for yourself, despite others doing

  you wrong.

• This reliance on external aid directly leads to learned

  helplessness and an inability to solve problems with

  critical thinking on your own.

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What is the author’s main purpose?

• A to explain why men were not included in the game

• B to discuss the inequality in basketball

• C to share the beginning of women’s basketball

• D to provide information about women’s sports

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Which detail suggests that women’s basketball grew in popularity?

• A could teach cooperation between the teammates

• B no men were allowed at the game

• C started adding women’s basketball teams to their schools

• D intercollegiate women’s basketball game was played

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Which of the following would the author most likely agree?

• A Women’s basketball should be an Olympic sport.

• B Women’s basketball should not be an Olympic sport.

• C Women’s basketball is more popular than men’s basketball.

• D Women’s basketball was oppressed over the years.

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What is the author’s purpose?

• A to persuade

• B to inform

• C to entertain

• D to explain

• E to describe

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What text evidence helped you decide the author’s purpose?

• Olympics. Even

  though this was a significant event for women’s

  basketball, an organization named Women’s

  Division of the National Amateur Athletic

  Federation (WDNAAF), was created, and worked

  towards banning women’s basketball from the U.S.

  This continued until 1953.

• The goal was finally achieved

  after 50 years!

• After a

  long struggle, basketball became open to

  everyone who wanted to take part.

• In 1921, there was a competition for women’s

  sports that were not included in the Olympics.

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The author’s main purpose for writing this article is to -

• A warn readers about the dangers of running shoes

• B compare the benefits of different running shoes

• C share the findings of a new study

• D suggest all runners get two pairs of shoes

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Which sentence is the author’s Thesis?

• A On the other hand, purely running in a maximalist shoe increases your external vertical impact peak, which also can cause stress-related injuries.

• B Minimalist shoes are best for speed workouts and races, while maximalist shoes should be used for recovery and distance runs.

• C My research reveals that the parallel use of more than one pair of running shoes is a protective factor to runners.

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