Author's Purpose 5

1. How is the text structured?

• problem & solution
• spacial/descriptive
• cause & effect
• compare & contrast
• chronological

2. Which sentence best identifies the claim of the passage?

• a. “On a bad day, have you ever been irritable?”
• b. “ODD symptoms include difficulty complying with adult requests, excessive arguments with adults, temper tantrums, difficulty accepting responsibility for actions, low frustration tolerance, and behaviors intended to annoy or upset adults.”
• c. “Everyone has a short temper from time to time, but current statistics indicate that between 16 and 20 percent of a school's population suffer from a psychological condition known as oppositional defiant disorder, or ODD."
• d. “Parents of children with ODD often feel as though their whole relationship is based on conflict after conflict.”

3. The author's purpose in writing this passage was to

• a. Express frustration about ODD.
• b. Prove that parents are the cause of ODD.
• c. Inform the reader about this complex condition.
• d. Persuade the reader to keep students with ODD out of public school.

4. Consider the first sentence in the second paragraph: "ODD symptoms include difficulty complying with adult requests, excessive arguments with adults, temper tantrums, difficulty accepting responsibility for actions, low frustration tolerance, and behaviors intended to annoy or upset adults." The author's purpose for this sentence is...

• a. To provide an example of behaviors common with ODD.
• b. To entertain the reader with a humorous anecdote.
• c. To summarize the main idea of the passage.
• d. To provide a definition of the acronym “ODD.”

5. Write a topic sentence for this passage. (Name It--Verb It--Claim It (Main Idea))

1. How is the text structured?

• compare & contrast
• problem & solution
• spacial/descriptive
• chronological
• sequence/process

2. Which sentence best identifies the claim of the passage?

• a. “The first political parties developed in the United States as a result of conflicting visions of the American identity.”
• b. “The United States has always been a pluralistic society, meaning it has embraced many points of view and many groups with different identities from its beginning.”
• c. “These different points of view-central government versus separate states-would not be resolved easily.”
• d. “Who should have more power, the individual states or the central government?”

3. What is the author's purpose in writing this passage?

• a. To persuade the reader to accept the Federalist Party's point of view.
• b. To explain the disagreements between early American political parties.
• c. To explain the importance of a strong central government.
• d. To criticize the founders of the Bank of the United States.

4. Which sentence best explains the “disagreement” mentioned in the first sentence of paragraph two?

• a. “...the creation of the Bank of the United States in 1791.”
• b. “Who should have more power, the individual states or the central government?”
• c. “The first political parties developed in the United States as a result of conflicting visions of the American identity.”
• d. “Many politicians believed that wealthy merchants and lawyers represented the country's true identity, but many others saw it in the farmers and workers who formed the country's economic base.”

5. Write a topic sentence for this passage. (Name It--Verb It--Claim It (Main Idea))